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Tiny Butterfly Switzerland (1 Viewer)

S_Man

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It's maybe 1 centimeter wide, looks diurnal, very active at noon...
 

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Three more species!

Another Pyrausta , looks like purpularis...

Then Agriphila I suppose, is there a way to be sure which species (the same one from both sides, for some reason the small spots don't show on the good side)?

And last, in black and white, I'm not sure which family/genre.
 

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Than
1 does look like P. purpuralis
Don't think 2/3 is Agriphila but that family
4 Spotted Sulphur.
Thanks.

For 2-3 I'm missing the keys, and so many families. To me it looks like A. brionellus but this species is not listed in this area I think.

Edit: adding a 3rd photo, to me it's the same species as 1 & 3, shot a few meters, minutes later
 

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