butterfly valley

[Cris Guppy or Aud Fischer]

If it is the same place that my mother visited when she was in Greece, the "butterflies" are actually moths that migrate north from Africa to estivate (summer "hibernation") in a cool, humid valley during the heat of the African sun. They then migrate south again to reproduce in Africa in cooler weather.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Laurel Godley 
  To: drdn at mail.utexas.edu ; leps-l at lists.yale.edu 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 11:23 PM
  Subject: Re: butterfly valley


  Chris-I recall seeing a tourist advertisement for this while touring the greek isle.  A quick web search revealed the following link:

  http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/gateway/a/aags04/greece/rhodes/bin/tour.htm

  which mentions the location of the valley on Rhodes, the scientific name, and a link to an image.  Hope this helps.

  Laurel



  http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/town/gateway/a/aags04/greece/rhodes/bin/tour.htm 
  >From: "Chris J. Durden" 
  >Reply-To: drdn at mail.utexas.edu 
  >To: leps-l at lists.yale.edu 
  >Subject: butterfly valley 
  >Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 14:40:38 -0600 
  > 
  >Has anyone heard about a valley in the hills of the Island of Rhodes 
  >where 
  >the hiker can clap his hands and hundreds/thousands of butterflies 
  >rise out 
  >of the grass. My informant is not a lepidopterist. 
  > This is the second time I have heard this tall tale, and the 
  >first 
  >eyewitness account. They sound like satyrids or geometrids. Is there 
  >anything in the modern or ancient literature about this? 
  >..............Chris Durden, Austin, Texas 
  > 
  > 
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