My name is Raluca Voda and I am currently doing my PhD on the butterflies of the West Mediterranean, with special focus on all the islands of this region (including the Maltese islands). I have recently stumbled upon your flickr account and subsequently upon your webpage and the very nice pictures you posted really got my interest. Especially two of the butterflies you captured, Lycaena phlaeas and Pieris napi. Could you please provide me with more information regarding the place you photographed them? If I understood well, the L. phlaeas was photographed in 2012. We have data according to which this species is seriously declining from Malta, if not is already extinct from here. Did you noticed only that specimen, or more? Where did you photographed it? About P. napi. There are data according to which this species was never recorded from Malta (only some very old records that were proven erroneous). Could you please tell me the place you photographed that specimen? Was it the only one, or did you notice several specimens?
I would really appreciate your reply, since me and my colleagues are currently working on a study regarding the butterflies of the Sicilian channel islands. If you want to know more about our group please visit our website at biologiaevolutiva.org/rvila/Lab/Home
Kind regards, Raluca Voda
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