Orange-Banded, Pt. 3 - _TNY_6659
If I tell you that this butterfly resting at the grating below the chrysalis cabinet at the Haga Ocean butterfly house is a male orange-banded shoemaker (Catonephele orites) - you'll have no problem understanding where the name comes from.
But for me, when I only found the female and she looked like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53462466647/ - the name made a whole lot less sense.
This species is also known as the banded Grecian shoemaker, but so far I haven't been able to figure out where the "shoemaker" part of the names comes from. Do tell if you know.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53533015428/
and Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53573748510/
"My" butterfly house here is located in Solna on the north side of Stockholm (while I live on the south side) and they have actually had another Catonephele species which look quite similar - the blue-frosted banner (Catonephele numilia): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52801790504/
The local sports team of Solna is AIK (technically AIK Solna) for hockey, football (the non-US kind) and lots of other sports as well and their team colours are black and yellow so this one kinda fits in there, even if the band is a little more towards orange than yellow.
Orange-Banded, Pt. 3 - _TNY_6659
If I tell you that this butterfly resting at the grating below the chrysalis cabinet at the Haga Ocean butterfly house is a male orange-banded shoemaker (Catonephele orites) - you'll have no problem understanding where the name comes from.
But for me, when I only found the female and she looked like this: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53462466647/ - the name made a whole lot less sense.
This species is also known as the banded Grecian shoemaker, but so far I haven't been able to figure out where the "shoemaker" part of the names comes from. Do tell if you know.
Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53533015428/
and Part 2 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/53573748510/
"My" butterfly house here is located in Solna on the north side of Stockholm (while I live on the south side) and they have actually had another Catonephele species which look quite similar - the blue-frosted banner (Catonephele numilia): www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52801790504/
The local sports team of Solna is AIK (technically AIK Solna) for hockey, football (the non-US kind) and lots of other sports as well and their team colours are black and yellow so this one kinda fits in there, even if the band is a little more towards orange than yellow.