Canary and Madeiran Speckled Wood Butterflies

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The Canary Speckled Wood butterfly (Pararge xiphioides) photographed on Tenerife

 

 

Side view

 

 

                  Photographed on Madeira, these may be the indigenous Madeiran form of the Speckled Wood (Pararge xiphia) or the Canary subspecies (Pararge xiphioides) immigrant

     

UK form of Speckled Wood butterfly