@europebutterfly.bsky.social
Non profit organisation working to save butterflies, moths and their habitats across Europe. We have Network Partners in most European countries and run a wide range of conservation and monitoring projects
@martinswarren.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialClearly something to work on, but the community of moth enthusiasts is growing quickly in Europe and a wonderful group in Portugal are leading the way www.reborboletasn.org/the-project. The EU has now adopted moths as one of the compulsory pollinator groups to monitor which will give it a boost.
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialThe new (slightly revised) Red List of European Moths has been published by the EU. A summary and links to downloads can be found on our website. Moths play a vital role in ecosystems and there is also an important new document on how to plan for their conservation
www.bc-europe.eu/webpage.php?...
@eliaguariento.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialNew paper out on the future impact of extreme weather events on butterflies in Italy - 🦋❄️🌡️⛈️
Lead by @dinobiancolini.bsky.social
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialTour update 🚨
Another booking today for Spring Butterflies of Andalusia moves the tour to guaranteed departure status.
And that means another guaranteed donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social too.
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialThe False Apollo (Archon apollinus). One of Europe’s rarest & most beautiful butterflies.
Photos show eggs (laid on Aristolochia), the striking caterpillar, and both sexes of the adult (female top, male bottom).
📸 All taken on our spring holiday in northern Greece.
@greenwingstours.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.social🌿 Greenwings Guest Gallery
A new regular feature sharing some of the wonderful wildlife photographed by guests on our holidays.
First up: a male Meleager’s Blue (Polyommatus daphnis), photographed by Gillian E. in Romania, June 2026. 🦋
@catalanbms.orgReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialHow do butterflies respond to grassland restoration and intensification? 🦋 ⏱️ Communities shift within just 1–2 years 🌿 Extensive grazing favours grassland specialists 📉 Intensification reduces species richness and butterfly abundance 📄https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2026.110731
@chrisvanswaay.eurosky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialThe Essex Skipper (zwartsprietdikkopje, T lineola) had declined by >90% on Dutch Butterfly Monitoring transects since 1995. In N America the species is an invasive, accidentilly introduced around 1910, still expanding. This photo from www.inaturalist.org/observations/231653174 shows it in NW Canada.
@davegrundy.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialPart 1 - Moth-trapping at - CIMA, Tarifa, Cadiz Province, Andalucia, Spain, on 15th August 2026 - moth highlights are - Etiella zinckenella & Achyra nudalis - see alt button for photos #teammoth #spanishmoths www.facebook.com/permalink.ph...
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialTour update 🚨
The 2027 edition of our highly popular Serbian tour, False Comma and Summer Butterflies of Serbia, moves to guaranteed departure status this morning with another booking received, which means a guaranteed donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social
![Just a tiny handful of the wonderful butterflies we expect to see in Serbia, images © Janos Olah & Clive Burrows
[clockwise from top left] Balkan Copper, False Comma, Freyer's Fritillary, Russian Heath, Yellow-banded Skipper, Lesser Lattice Brown](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:r3g4gui22pwrdfeitixzpazf/bafkreiefdbchq3ynrkvwllkobqnevngxxpxozfv7ezocngmn52yh5lrq5i@jpeg)
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialPlease sign up to this petition to keep the vital laws saving European wildlife.
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialAnd we are very grateful for your support at this critical time for Europe’ s butterflies and moths. This year, together with partner in almost every country, we produced a new Red List of European Butterflies and the moth version is due this autumn. We are gearing up to take more action
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialGood morning & welcome to a new week!
Our featured tour of the week, Autumn Exotica in Andalusia, promises a host of butterflies rare in a European context, and a donation to support the brilliant science-led conservation work of @europebutterfly.bsky.social:
@gcampbellphoto.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialScotch Argus (Erebia aethiops) - Cairngorms, Scotland - September 2026. A new butterfly species for me, though they were a little past their best. #butterfly #butterflies #gcampbellphoto #savebutterflies @savebutterflies.bsky.social @ukbutterflies.bsky.social @europebutterfly.bsky.social
@martinswarren.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialThis will be a crucial conference setting out the problems facing butterflies and moths and hopefully some solutions
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialTour update 🚨
Unsurprisingly, given the tour's success this week and last year, Autumn Exotica in Andalusia now moves to guaranteed departure status with another booking today. And that means another donation to @europebutterfly.bsky.social is now guaranteed.
@europebutterfly.bsky.socialWe are delighted to be supporting the next Symposium on the Ecology and Conservation of Butterflies and Moths. In Girona, Spain 6-10 April 2027. Early Bird bookings open now. Don’t miss it. esdeveniments.udg.edu/148395/detai...
@aurumnostrum.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.socialTriodia sylvina 12/09/2023 C Serbia
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.social"A total of 106 species including 10 Erebia ringlets was beyond our expectations, and all against a backdrop of spectacular mountain scenery" More lovely feedback for Butterflies of the Hautes Pyrenees. Thank you Chris & Sheila!
@mariposanature.bsky.socialReposted by @europebutterfly.bsky.social"Richly rewarded with rare Erebias and local specialities, evidence of the extensive site research that had been done"
A lovely testimonial from a guest for our current featured tour of the week, Butterflies of the Hautes Pyrenees. Thank you, Harry!
