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*courtship*-Good Bye
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Copyright: Bayram Gocmen (boreocypriensis) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 710 W: 3 N: 2252] (8028)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-26
Categories: Nature
Camera: Nikon D-80, AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED, @ ISO 800, SIGMA 62MM EX DG MC UV Filter
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/400 seconds
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2009-07-13 2:24
Viewed: 257
Points: 32
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Pseudochazara anthelea (White Banded Grayling) [in Turk. Anadolu Yalancı Cadısı]

While we were searching herptiles in Mut (Mersin province) I encountered with a visual feast of a pair of this beautiful b-fly species:) Yes! this is absolutely courthship behaviour between the sexes of the species. The courtship of butterflies involves a variety of behavioral, physiological and biochemical mechanisms. A male butterfly actively searches for the female, using mainly “visual stimuli”. In this case, male was dancing in front of the female, moving left and right sides quickly and lady responding this invitation by closing her body to the ground (See WS)). This courtship behavior took approx. 10 minutes. The monitoring of this event was nice, excited and amusing for me:)
Hope you can like this too.

By the way, i decided to give a break from TL for a while. Take care while i am not available here. (at least i will not upload any new shots!)

TFL and I wish nice times to my all heartfelt friends!
Cheers,

©Bayram GÖÇMEN, Ege University, Faculty of Science. All Rights Reserved.

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A relatively rare and large butterfly with a wingspan of 45-50 mm in the male and 50-55 mm in the female.

The upperside ground colour of the male is dark brown, almost black. There is a wide white postdiscal band with two ocelli and a black line of androconia in the cell. The underside ground colour of the forewing is white with a grey-brown border and two ocelli in the postdiscal area. The underside of the hindwing is grey-brown with a wavy white postdiscal band.

The female is larger and does not resemble the male. The upperside ground colour is brown with a wide, orange-brown, postdiscal band of a deeper colour in the forewing containing two black ocelli with white centres. The underside ground colour of the forewing is orange-brown, with a grey-brown border and two ocelli in the postdiscal area. The underside of the hindwing is light grey.

Pseudochazara anthelea is a species of the Balkans, Turkey, Cyprus and northern Iraq.

The adult butterflies begin to emerge at the end of May and are on the wing until October in a single brood. Thought to overwinter in the larval stage. lt The larval host-plants are various species of the Poaceae family. It is much more common at altitudes over 1000 m. It frequents sparsely vegetated, rocky areas, resting on the ground or on rocks with wings closed. Flies low and fast and often returns to same spot from which it flew. It is attracted to the flowers of Centaurea sp., which grows in poor ground and rocky areas, in the habitat favoured by P. anthelea.

References:
1. Makris, C. (2003). Butterflies of Cyprus. Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation. 329 pp.
2. Baytaş, A. (2008). Türkiye’nin Kelebekleri Doğa Rehberi. NTV yayınları, Doğuş Grubu İletişim Yayıncılık ve Ticaret A.Ş., Istanbul, 222 s.
3. Tolman, T.(2008).Collins Butterfly Guide of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd., London,. 384 pp.
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hello Bayram
how are you?
interesting title to this shot
nice sharp capture with fine low pov
nice light and sharp details
nice colours

regards
Manuj Mehta

Bayram hocam merhaba
Harika bir kelebek makrosu
Zamanlama çok iyi
Not da öyle
Burak

Olá Bayram,
Time for love!
Very interesting presentation and note.
Pitty the BG interfers a bit.
Parabens e abraço,
Raimundo

Hi Bayram,
A nice meeting of these fantastic butterflies face to face.
Good subdued lighting for this macro with accurate sharpness!
Superb details and well interpreted grey tones!
Nice capture!
Well done,

Francis Xavier

Ciao Bayram, a very lovely scene, face to face for beautiful nice butterflies, fantastic macro with wonderful details, great colors and splendid sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

Hi Bayram,
good macro, colors and composition are perfect.
thanks for the note. Very interesting.
Ciao Mari

Selam Bayram Hocam,
Belgesel kıvamında harika bir çekim. Doğal ortamı içinde, netlik ve göz alıcı kompozisyon
Selahattin E

Hello Bayram!

Another beautiful moment!
I like the colors and details.
Good notes and fine final work.
Congratulations!

Um abraço,
Paulo.

Dostum merhaba,
Bu versiyon çok daha görkemli ve etkileyici.Renkler,netlik ve ışık kullanımı mükemmel.Eline emeğine sağlık.
Düşündüm de,senin molan üzerine,bugün çok yorgun olduğuma karar verdim ben de.Bulaşıcı mıdır nedir?Dilerim yarar sana bu mola.
Selam saygı ve sevgi ile...

Not;Anlaşılan notlar okunmuyor.

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  • ayse51 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1683 W: 124 N: 1437] (20268)
  • [2009-07-13 12:11]

Merhaba Bayram bey,
bu ismi ilk defa duyuyorum.Sayenizde gene birşeyler öğrendik.Renkler ve sunum çok zarif.Tebrikler.Necla.

Merhaba Hocam,
Yine gözalıcı, ve etkileyici bir makro çalışma.İkisi bir arad güzel bir görsellik oluşturmuş.Eline sağlık.
Selamlarımla..

hAyAti

Not:Vereceğiniz aranın nedeni umarım bir probleme dayanmıyordur..Notlarınıza gelince okunsun veya okunmasın sizin yaptığınız işe verdiğiniz önemin ispatı..Geçmişteki başarılarınız temelinde bu titizli yatmıyor mu?İstasenizde üstün körü iş yapamazsınız.Gerek TL'teki, gerekse TN'daki her kareniz ders niteliğnde..Bu konuya uzak veya yakından ilgisi olanlar alacağını alıyor bu bilgilerden.En azından şahsım, türleri ve isimleri öğreniyorum sayenizde..
Sealm ve sevgilerimle ,..

Bonjour Bayram
A very nice meeting, perfect capture and we could think they feel sentiments ...
Sorry to read you are leaving TL, but it is in the order of things, that we cann't stay here endlessly
Take care of you my friend and have nice times too.
Henri

Bayram hocam merhaba!
Wonderful couple of butterflies!
lovely scene, with great colours
lighting and details!
Regards and tfs
Kostas

Super detail all around, excellent dof!
Cheers
otto

Hi Bayram,

Lovely scene captured of this love affair between this butterflies. In this picture is more possible to see the differences between of male and female. Great shot with good definition and details sharpness. The notes are always perfect, teacher (Dr). I love read its.
Warm regards .
Elisabete

Wonderful colors, light and contrast!
Great details and an excellent shot!

Congratulations and TFS
Sergio

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