Maculinea rebeli, a photo from Perugia, Umbria

Photographer's Note

Maculinea (Phengaris) rebeli (Hirsche 1904)

Beautiful and very rare butterfly belonging to the Lycaenidae family, it is the first, for now the only one, found in Umbria.
It is encountered quite frequently in the meadows surrounding the road that leads from the Gavelli lakes to the Fonti di Campofoglio, in the meadows between the Fonte del Ladrone and the Colli di Campofoglio and at Forca Capistrella, sites that vegetate its nourishing plants with relative abundance: Gentiana cruciata and Gentianella germanica.
The length of the front wing varies from 12 to 19 mm.
The male has a purplish blue color with a black border.
The female has a dark brown color with discocellular tract and some black postdiscal points. It has a purplish blue shade extended in the basal and disc area.
The reverse, identical for the two genera, has a light brown color with black points.
It is found in meadows and clearings from the basal to the mountain level, from 500 to about 1800 meters above sea level, present in the Alps and the Apennines.

It has a single annual generation with flickering in June-July.

holmertz, ikeharel, pierrefonds, jhm, Fis2, aliabazari, COSTANTINO, ChrisJ, mcmtanyel trouve(nt) cette note utile

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holmertz (102096) 2022-01-09 1:18

Hello Silvio,
This butterfly is not as bright as many others, but seen closely like here it is no less beautiful. The discreet colours make it look very "sophistically designed". I love it, and the photo is taken with your usual skill.
Best regards,
Gert

ikeharel (112549) 2022-01-09 1:43

Never saw this type of butterfly, Silvio, it has wonderful dark colors - between blue and gray with black tint.
Fine outcome on the picture.
Arrivederci,
Ike

lousat (138695) 2022-01-09 1:52

Ciao SIlvio,un bel ricordo d'estate di una specie che non ho mai fotografato, stona una po' con la gelata che abbiamo avuto stamattina, ma è quasi una speranza per il futuro,qualita' eccellente. Buona Domenica,Luciano

ktanska (44492) 2022-01-09 2:57

Hi Silvio,
Beautiful shot of this blue butterfly. As it is so small it is obviously difficult to get it all sharp. And at least here in Finland small blue butterflies rarely keep their wings open, never stop for a longer time and it is quite difficult to get photos of them.
Kari

dedee (2957) 2022-01-09 4:32

Hi Silvio
A beautifully clear image with the butterfly posed off centre. Its colours are so subtle. Lovely.
David

pierrefonds (113700) 2022-01-09 4:41

Hi Silvio,

L'insecte est bien placé dans le cadrage. La prise de vue permet de voir les détails du papillon Maculinea rebeli. La lumière rehausse les couleurs de l'image. Bonne journée.

Pierre

jhm (211734) 2022-01-09 4:59

Ciao Silvio,

Butterflies are always a nice subject but not always easy to make a good picture
We see lovely details.
Pleasant sharp and clear presentation.
Very well done, TFS

Have a nice day,
John

Fis2 (169877) 2022-01-09 6:43

Witaj Silvio!
Curious butterfly, view makes impression.
Excellent POV, colors and depth.
Well done my friend.
Krzysztof

ifege (47103) 2022-01-09 19:19

Hi Silvio
A beautiful (and rare!) butterfly. Not as sharp as usual but that's sometimes tricky to achieve with macros - I still like it.
cheers
Ian

aliabazari (21419) 2022-01-09 21:24

Hello Silvio
You have displayed a beautiful portrait of this butterfly. Clarity and exposure are well done.

COSTANTINO (115645) 2022-01-09 21:43

Hello dear Sivio
have a new pleasant beginning of the new week
we are in the heart of the winter
and this pretty butterfly brings
the best message of the spring
Isn t it???
regards
Costantino

pajaran (115047) 2022-01-09 22:57

Pozdrav.

lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lep leptir, dobro pokazan sa lepim bojama i kontrastom.
Dobar rad, lepa fotografija.
Lep detalji na krilima leptira.
Dobar ste poznavalac leptira.

Zelim vam lep i uspesan dan, sve najbolje u novoj nedelji koja je pocela.
Paja

jemaflor (146412) 2022-01-09 23:39

Hi Silvio,
Nice butterfly perfectly photographed, sharpness and contrast, tfs.

emka (157280) 2022-01-10 0:16

Ciao Silvio, I do not know anything of the butterflies, I can't tell if it is rare or not. I like the view, and admire your knowledge, as always.

Have a nice new week

MAlgo

mkamionka (73532) 2022-01-10 1:13

Ciao Silvio,
I don't know anything about butterflies. Both you and Luciano seem to specialize in that.
So you are saying this is a male.
Beautiful capture set against the natural background.
Very well done,
M

abmdsudi (95869) 2022-01-10 3:50

Hi Silvio
Indeed a rare specie of gorgeous butterfly with minute detail of the wings adding that extra interest and punch. The contrast to oof background is great, Congrats
Best regards

ChrisJ (171366) 2022-01-12 3:13

Ciao Silvio

A good downward shot of this butterfly with it outstretched black wings and blue, frosting like colours. Good sharpness and shallow dof too. Tfs!

jmdias (114384) 2022-01-13 11:06

silvio

very beautiful the soft touch of the blue in the central part of the animal while there is an white edge around and a touch of grey.

take care

jorge

mcmtanyel (67789) 2022-01-25 19:24

Hello Silvio,
It is a beautiful butterfly, well photographed.
Regards,
MT