On 2013-08-15 23:12:27 +0100, Christina Websell said:

"Sacha" wrote in message
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Two of the nursery team saw a very large butterfly yesterday and I hope
one of them got a photo with her mobile phone! Apparently, it was long
and kind of narrow (Spitefire aeroplane shape was the description) and
its wings were wider than a Dahlia flower, though I couldn't tell you
which one! The background of the wings is dark and 'somewhere' on them
are two white stripes and there is an orange outline on the body that
is in itself, butterfly shaped. Ray has described it to me as it was
described to him, he didn't see it. I suspect an escapee from
Buckfastleigh Butterfly Farm but if anyone has other ideas, or indeed,
any ideas at all, we'd be very grateful to hear them. If it is an
escapee, sad to say, it probably won't survive to lay eggs here or the
eggs won't survive.
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It doesn't sound like anything I know, however this is a good site for ID
http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/index.php

Tina

Thanks, Tina. I'll look through that but given the description
(assuming it's accurate at all) it does sound like an escapee. I'm
just hoping the attempted photo did work.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
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