Just got back from Madeira where high up (above 3000 feet) we saw a lot of
largish, yellow with orange markings, Butterflies, there seemed to be two
sorts one larger than the other but similarly coloured. the larger a bit
bigger than a red admiral.
I do not recall any black markings just orange (they were not very
cooperative as each time they settled on the Agapanthus flowers they closed
their wings!) and I was being hassled to be careful as we were next to a 600
foot drop!

If no one is able to point me at a suggestion from this rubbish description
I should have pictures later but had a slide film in which I have not yet
finished.

Also saw a lot of Milkweed Butterflies which at first thought to be Monarchs
but they were lower down

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Charlie, gardening in Cornwall.
http://www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of National Plant Collections of Clematis viticella (cvs) and
Lapageria rosea