Leptotes pirithous
         
Lang's Short Tailed Blue  
L'Azuré de la luzerne  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Leptotes pirithous - Var (France) - 22/07/2011   2] male - Var (France) - 22/09/2012  
       
       
   
3] other male - Var (France) - 22/09/2012   4] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
 
5] mating pair (female on the right) - Var (France) - 26/08/2010  
       
       
   
6] female of Leptotes pirithous - Var (France) - 17/03/2014   7] same specimen as 6]  
       
       
   
8] female - Var (France) - 26/08/2010   9] female - Var (France) - 26/08/2010  
       
       
   
10] female alt.300m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/06/2020   11] female - Haute-Garonne (France) - 15/09/2017
 
 
       
       
   
12] female laying on Rosmarinus officinalis in a garden - Var (France) - 01/11/2015   13] same scene as 12]
 
 
       
       
   
14] other female - Var (France) - 01/11/2015   15] same female as 14]  
       
       
   
16] close-up of an egg laid on Rosmarinus officinalis by the female from picture 12] - Var (France) - 01/11/2015   17] female laying on a flower bud of Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 28/07/2012  
       
       
   
18] close-up of the egg laid by the female from picture 17]
 
  19] young caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 22/08/2010  
       
       
   
20] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 19/09/2010   21] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 23/08/2010  
       
       
   
22] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 23/08/2010   23] same larva as 22]
 
 
       
       
   
24] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 23/08/2010   25] other caterpillar - Var (France) - 23/08/2010
 
 
       
       
   
26] same larva as 25]
 
 
27] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis attended by ants of species Crematogaster scutellaris  - Var (France) - 22/08/2010
 
       
       
   
28] Crematogaster scutellaris licking some liquid released by the Newcomer's gland of the caterpillar - Var (France) - 22/08/2010   29] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 06/10/2012
 
 
       
       
   
30] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 06/10/2012   31] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 13/10/2012  
       
       
   
32] same larva as 31]
 
  33] caterpillar on Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 14/10/2012  
       
       
   
34] larva on Rosmarinus officinalis - Var (France) - 01/11/2015
 
  35] same larva as 34]
 
 
       
       
     
36] chrysalis on a leaf of Plumbago capensis - Var (France) - 13/10/2012      
       
       
       
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