• last updates          
           
  09/03/2024 : Pyrgus armoricanus (Oberthur's Grizzled Skipper)
Pyrgus alveus alveus (Large Grizzled Skipper)
Zygaena brizae
Zygaena viciae (New Forest Burnet)
     
  21/02/2024 : Hipparchia fagi (Woodland Grayling)
Hipparchia genava (Lesser Rock Grayling)
Hipparchia alcyone (Rock Grayling)
Euphydryas aurinia (Marsch Fritillary)
Arethusana arethusa (False Grayling)
Erebia manto (Yellow Spotted Ringlet)
Fabriciana adippe (High Brown Fritillary)
Fabriciana niobe (Niobe Fritillary)
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  06/02/2024 : Coenonympha hero (Scare Heath)
Phengaris nausithous (Dusky Large Blue)
Zygaena exulans (Mountain Burnet)
Phengaris rebeli (Mountain Alcon Blue)
Erebia pharte (Blind Ringlet)
   
  25/02/2023 : Nymphalis antiopa (Camberwell Beauty)
Parnassius mnemosyne (Clouded Apollo)

Arethusana boabdil
Pyrgus warrenensis (Warren's Skipper)
Zygaena ephialtes (Variable Burnet)
   
  13/12/2021 : Melitaea aurelia (Nickerl's Fritillary)
Zygaena minos
   
  05/06/2021 : Lysandra coridon (Chalk Hill Blue)
Nymphalis polychloros (Large Tortoiseshell)
Melitaea athalia (Heath fritillary)
Euphydryas desfontainii (Spanish Fritillary)
Iphiclides feisthamelii (Southern Scarce Swallowtail)
Heteropterus morpheus (Large Chequered Skipper)
   
   
 
  latest shots
(20/06/2023)
    watch them >> here <<
           
• for each butterfly family, a visual grid has been created (24/03/2019)
It may help you identify the butterflies you encounter
     
  ... in the menu on the left, click on ' Butterflies > identify a + family name '    
         
• the species page of Euphydryas maturna  has been updated  (on 19/06/2023)    
 
                                             click here >>
   
           
NEW !  identification help : Hipparchia fagi vs Hipparchia genava vs Hipparchia alcyone  (created on 13/02/2024)    
 
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List of the French species and their subspecies (France & Corse)
  Zygaenidae-Hesperiidae-Lycaenidae-Riodinidae-Pieridae-Nymphalidae-Papilionidae
 
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My name is Philippe Bricaire and I live in the Haute-Garonne in the south of France.
Welcome to my website which is dedicated to butterflies and burnet moths. The aim of this website is to share my passion for butterflies and photography.
 

In most cases,  butterflies can be identified by photography alone. When observing these beautiful and fascinating insects we should respect their habitat and avoid chasing them for too long.

Observing a butterfly, watching its behaviour and identifying the foodplant used by the female to lay eggs are all moments that bring immense satisfaction.
There is nothing like being a part of these special moments that nature has to share with us !
 
Philippe.
 
       
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