There is a hike close to Lungern, Switzerland, that is called “Schmetterlingspfad” (butterfly path). We did it on the beautiful last day of June 2018. The hike was nice and it took us about double the time they suggested… There are not many seating possibilities and the downhill-parts were very hard on our untrained knees. The views and the diversity of animals and plants though were awesome.
We saw a lot of flowers, insects and a total of at least 20 butterflies. Because it was a little windy I couldn’t take photos of all of them. No photos from:
- Schwalbenschwanz (Papilio machaon) Old World Swallowtail
- Zitronenfalter (Gonepteryx rhamni) Common Brimstone
- Schachbrett (Melanargia galathea) Marbled White
- Kleiner Fuchs (Aglais urticae) Small Tortoiseshell
- Distelfalter (Vanessa cardui) Painted Lady
Kleiner Würfel-Dickkopffalter (Pyrgus malvae) Grizzled Skipper
uncertain: kleiner Mohrenfalter (Erebia melampus) Lesser Mountain Ringlet
maybe Catoptria conchella
Hauhechel-Bläuling (Polyommatus icarus) Common Blue
Enzian-Art ? Gentiana ?
Die Berner Alpen – view into the Bernese Alps
Grüner oder Brombeer-Zipfelfalter (leider ohne Zipfel) (Callophrys rubi) auf einem Schlangen-Knöterich (Polygonum bistorta) – Green Hairstreak on a meadow bistort
Weibliche Alpine Gebirgsschrecke (Miramella Alpina) Green Mountain Grasshopper
Schnellkäfer-Art (Elateridae) Sort of a Click Beetle
Lungernsee
Weisser Germer (Veratrum album) European White Hellebore
Sechsfleck-Widderchen (Zygaena filipendulae) Six Spot Burnet
Hornklee-Widderchen (Zygaena lonicerae) Narrow-Bordered Five-Spot Burnet
Dickkopffalter-Art (Ochlodes sylvanus) sort of Skipper
Sicht nach Nordern mit Sarnersee – View north with Lake of Sarnen
Kaisermantel (Argynnis paphia) Silver-Sashed Fritillary
Kommafalter (Hesperia comma) Silver-Spotted Skipper
Grosser Perlmuttfalter (Argynnis aglaja) Dark Green Fritillary
Braunwurz-Blattwespe (Tenthredo scrophulariae) Figwort sawfly ?
Mauerfuchs (Lasiommata megera) Wall Brown
Gefleckter Schmalbock (Leptura maculata) Spotted Longhorn
Brauner Waldvogel (Aphantopus hyperantus) Ringlet
and finally (almost withered) / zum Schluss (schon fast verwelkt):
Türkenbund (Lilium martagon) Turk’s Cap Lily
Posted in flowers, insects, nature
Tags: Alpen, alps, Aussichten, Bockkäfer, butterfly, grasshüpfer, grasshopper, insect, insekten, Schmetterling, Schweiz, wasp