Melitaea deione (ex-Mellicta deione)
         
Provençal Fritillary  
La Mélitée des linaires  
           

 
 
   
1] male of Melitaea deione - Aude (France) - 19/05/2019   2] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
       
       
   
3] other male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   4] same specimen as 3]  
       
       
   
5] other male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012   6] male - Hautes Alpes (France) - 22/06/2013  
       
       
   
7] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   8] other male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012  
       
       
   
9] other male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   10] male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013  
       
       
   
11] male from picture 10], close-up of the genitalia   12] male from picture 10], close-up of the genitalia  
       
       
   
13] male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013   14] male from picture 13], close-up of the genitalia  
       
       
 
15] mating pair (female on the left) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 25/06/2013  
   
   
   
16] same scene as 15] (female on the right)   17] same scene as 15], upperside of the female  
       
       
   
18] female of Melitaea deione - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   19] same specimen as 18]
 
 
       
       
   
20] same specimen as 18]   21] female - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013  
       
       
   
22] female alt.1400m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 26/07/2015
 
  23]  other female alt.1400m - Alpes maritimes (France) -  26/07/2015  
       
       
   
24] female - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   25] same specimen as 24]  
       
       
   
26] same specimen as 24]   27] female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
       
       
   
28] same specimen as 27]   29] other female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
       
       
   
30] female - Var (France) - 18/05/2011   31] same specimen as 30]  
       
       
   
32] other female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012   33] same specimen as 32]  
       
       
     
34] other female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012      
       
       
 
35] a female (on the left) chased by a male -  Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
   
   
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