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RSPB reserve,The Oa peninsular, Islay, Scotland. NR 269416 Birchall (1873) describes f. hibernica to represent the Irish population and Kloet (1972) elevates this form to subspecific status. It differs from the nominate form in having a greater contrast between the orange ground colour and cream markings. Robson (1880) describes f. scotica to represent the populations found in Scotland and compares it with the Irish form, hibernica: "The Scotch form, Scotica, is smaller, scarcely so densely scaled, the red and yellow marks not so distinctly different, and the black, duller in hue. Both this and the Irish form often have the inner half of the red band near the hind margin, pale straw color". Huggins (1959) says that scotica is the commonest form found in Kerry, Ireland. Kane (1893) describes f. praeclara which "is the one most commonly met with in Ireland, having the red and central pale series very vivid in colour, and the black reticulation darker than the type" and refers to the figures shown in Hübner (1779). praeclara was considered by Harrison (1946b) to represent the populations on Tiree, Gunna, Rhum and Eigg in the Inner Hebrides, extended to Islay, Jura and "the Oban district" by Ford (1945a). Huggins (1959) says that this form is found, but uncommon, in Kerry, Ireland. Goodson & Read (1969) say "The name [praeclara] covers extremely brightly coloured and contrasting examples ... It is not a name for Irish examples only, since Kane gives English localities as well as Irish for the form". Dennis (1977), however, considers praeclara to be a synonym of hibernica. |
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| Source | Marsh Fritillary. Euphydryas aurinia form scotica |
| Author | gailhampshire from Cradley, Malvern, U.K |
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