Alexander Pieh wrote:Dear Specialists,
I always thought that the blue shoulder spot in a black field (compare pic 2; still a black mark in one of the juveniles) is a typical character of P. siculus.
Or I`m wrong?
Never heard of that as a reliable criterion to identify a
P. siculus. Also, even the great Werner never
mentioned it (to me, at least.)
How about this shoulder mark of a beatiful adult
P. siculus male (yes, for sure, Mario is my witness...
above the lake Ponikve, 22 June 2006) with a
Swastika instead of just the "black field"...? Well, not
the Nazi one, but the original, Indian one, the other way round:
But on the other (right) side of the same animal, nothing like that - just a small black spot, not a black field:
Yes, Werner was right - no easy solution and too many exceptions to "simple rules".