Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Odd-spot Blue / Turanana panagaea

Scientific name:
Turanana panagaea Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
Vernacular names:
 en: Odd-spot blue / tr:  anadolu turanmavisi
Details: male / wing upperside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Nigde, Turkey / 2400 m / Jul 14, 2011

Apollo / Parnassius apollo

Scientific name:
Parnassius apollo graslini Oberthür, 1891
Vernacular names:
 en: apollo / tr: apollo
Details: - / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Nigde, Turkey / 1850 m / Jul 14, 2011

Monday, December 26, 2011

Greek mazarine blue / Plebejus modicus

Scientific name:
Plebejus modicus Verity, 1935
Vernacular names:
 en: greek mazarine blue / tr: anadolu esmergözü
Details: female / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Aladaglar-Nigde, Turkey / 1785 m / Jun 16, 2011

Brown argus / Aricia agestis

Scientific name:
Aricia agestis Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
Vernacular names:
 en: brown argus / tr: çokgözlü esmer
Details: female / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Aladaglar-Nigde, Turkey / 1785 m / Jun 16, 2011

Mediterranean marbled white / Melanargia wiskotti

Scientific name:
Melanargia wiskotti Röber, 1896
Vernacular names:
 en: mediterranean marbled white / tr: akdeniz melikesi
Details: - / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Saricam-Adana, Turkey / 87 m / Apr 28, 2010

Southern White Admiral / Limenitis reducta

Scientific name:
Limenitis reducta Staudinger, 1901
Vernacular names:
 en: southern white admiral / tr: akdeniz hanımelikelebeği
Details: - / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Erdemli-Icel, Turkey / 1450 m / Aug 21, 2010

Sunday, December 25, 2011

Mediterranean Hairstreak / Tomares nesimachus

Scientific name:
Tomares nesimachus Oberthür, 1893
Vernacular names:
 en: mediterranean hairstreak / tr: akdeniz gelinciği
Details: - / wing underside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Erdemli-Icel, Turkey / 1450 m / May 15, 2011

Red Admiral / Vanessa atalanta

Scientific name:
Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: Red Admiral / tr: Atalanta
Details: - / wing upperside 
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Saricam-Adana, Turkey / 92 m / Jan 9, 2011

Poseidon Blue / Polyommatus poseidon

Scientific name:
Polyommatus poseidon Herrich-Schäffer, 1851
Vernacular names:
 en: Poseidon blue / tr: Çokgözlü poseydonmavisi
Details: male / wing upperside & underside
Location / Altitude / Date:
 Dorbogaz-Nigde, Turkey / 1640m / Jul 14, 2011

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Vicrama Blue / Pseudophilotes vicrama

Scientific name:
Pseudophilotes vicrama Moore, 1865
Vernacular names:
 en: Vicrama blue / tr: himalayamavi kelebeği
Details: male / wing upperside
Location / Altitude / Date:
  Sariveliler-Karaman, Turkey / 1640m / Jul 31, 2011

Common Blue / Polyommatus icarus

Scientific name:
Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775
Vernacular names:
 en: common blue, tr: çokgözlü mavi
Details: female / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Hafik-Sivas, Turkey / 1200m / Aug 29, 2011

Common Blue / Polyommatus icarus

Scientific name:
Polyommatus icarus Rottemburg, 1775
Vernacular names:
 en: common blue, tr: çokgözlü mavi
Details: female / wing upperside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Hafik-Sivas, Turkey / 1200m / Aug 29, 2011

Plain Tiger / Danaus chyrsippus

Scientific name:
Danaus chyrsippus Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: African queen, tr: Sultan
Details: - / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Saricam-Adana, Turkey / 97m / Oct 24, 2010

Friday, December 23, 2011

Large White / Pieris brassicae

Scientific name:
Pieris brassicae Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: Large white, tr: Büyük beyazmelek
Details: female / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Saricam-Adana, Turkey / 97m / Oct 23, 2010

Green-striped White / Euchloe belemia

Scientific name:
Euchloe belemia Esper, 1800
Vernacular names:
 en: Green-striped white, tr: Akdeniz öyklosu
Details: - / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Antakya, Hatay-Turkey / 500m, Apr 17, 2010

Black-veined white / Aporia crataegi

Scientific name:
Aporia crataegi Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: Black-veined white, tr: Alıçbeyazı
Details: couple / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Bozdag, Izmir-Turkey / 1100m, Jun 15, 2011


Thursday, December 22, 2011

Mediterranean Marbled White / Melanargia wiskotti

Scientific name:
 Melanargia wiskotti  Röber, 1896
Vernacular names:
 en:  mediterranean marbled white / tr: akdeniz melikesi
Details: male / wing upperside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Saricam, Adana-Turkey / 87 m, May 20, 2010

Sooty copper / Lycaena tityrus

Scientific name:
 Lycaena tityrus Poda, 1761
Vernacular names:
 en: sooty copper, tr: isli bakırgüzeli
Details: male / wing upperside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Aladaglar, Nigde-Turkey / 1780m, Jul 14, 2011

Large Blue of Bolkar / Polyommatus erotulus molleti

Scientific name:
Plebejus  erotulus molleti Carbonell, 1994
Vernacular names:
 en: Large Blue of Bolkar / tr: Bolkarmavisi
Details: male / wing upperside & underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Bolkarlar, Nigde-Turkey / 2850m, Aug 7, 2011

Anatolian zephyr blue / Plebejus modicus

Scientific name:
Plebejus modicus Verity, 1935
Vernacular names:
 en: Anatolian zephyr blue, tr: Anadolu esmergözü
Details: female / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Aladaglar, Nigde-Turkey / 1780m, Jul 14, 2011

Black-veined white / Aporia crataegi

Scientific name:
Aporia crataegi Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: Black-veined white, tr: Alıçbeyazı
Sex: female
Location / Altitude & Date:
 Çubuk, Ankara-Turkey / 1060m, Jul 2, 2011

Black-veined white / Aporia crataegi

Scientific name:
Aporia crataegi Linnaeus, 1758
Vernacular names:
 en: Black-veined white, tr: Alıçbeyazı
Details: female / wing underside
Location / Altitude & Date:
  Spil, Manisa-Turkey / 1100m, Jun 14, 2011

Black-veined white / Aporia crataegi

Aporia crataegi Linnaeus, 1758
Location: Karagöl, Çubuk, Ankara-Turkey
Sex: male
Altitude: 1480 m.

Dappled White / Euchloe ausonia

80m. Saricam-Adana, Turkey.

Anatolian Black-eyed Blue / Glaucopsyche astraea

1690m. Aladaglar, Nigde-Turkey. 















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Olive Skipper / Pyrgus serratulae

2375m. Bolkarlar, Nigde-Turkey.