Brenne, France

[Bastiaan Notebaert]

Indeed, it should be L. sinapis.
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From: Pierre Zagatti <zagatti at versailles.inra.fr>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2000 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: Brenne, France


> 
> 
> Bastiaan Notebaert wrote:
> 
> > On a ten day field trip to the natural parc of the Brenne, departement
> > Indre, France, I had following species: Papilio machaon
> > (koninginnepage)
> > ........
> > Leptidea morsei (boswitje)
> > ....
> > Ochlodes venata (groot dikkopje)
> >
> > Remarkable is the appearance of L. reducta in every little forest, and
> > the absence of L. camilla!
> >
> > Bastiaan Notebaert
> > Gent, Belgium
> 
> Leptidea morsei is an East-European species ; it was probably L.
> sinapis.
> 
> Around Paris during the last week of June, we observed rather worn
> Limenitis camilla, whereas L. reducta just began to fly. In the warmer
> Brenne in July the flying period of camilla was probably over.
> 
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