Parnassius corybas ssp sacerdos
(ex-Parnassius phoebus)
         
Small Apollo  
Le Petit Apollon  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Parnassius corybas ssp sacerdos form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   2] same specimen as 1]
 		  
       
       
   
3] other male of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   4] other male of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016  
       
       
   
5] female of Parnassius corybas ssp sacerdos form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   6] same specimen as 5]
 		  
       
       
   
7] female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2200m - 15/08/2014   8] female of form eisneri  - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2200m - 15/08/2014  
       
       
 
9] female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 29/07/2016  
   
   
 
10] female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016  
       
       
   
11] female of form savoiensis - Haute Savoie (France) - July 1995   12] female  of form savoiensis - Haute Savoie (France) - July 1995  
       
       
   
13] female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016   14] same specimen as 13]
 		  
       
       
   
15] other female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016   16] other female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016  
       
       
   
17] female of form eisneri - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   18] abdomen of a female of form eisneri , showing a sphragis - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 12/08/2016  
       
       
   
19] male attempting to mate (female above) - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   20] same scene as 19], mating pair (female above)
 		  
       
       
   
21] same scene as 20] (female above)   22] same scene as 20] (female above)  
       
       
   
23] same female as in 20], just after the end of the mating. As soon as the mating ended, the female flew to a patch of the host-plant (Saxifraga aizoides) and started to lay eggs on different vegetal supports not far from the heads of Saxifraga aizoides  - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015   24] same scene as 23], closer view of the eggs just laid 



 		  
       
       
   
25] close-ups of the eggs shown in picture 24]   26] other egg - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/07/2015  
       
       
   
27] other egg - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/08/2016
 		   28] other egg, laid on Saxifraga aizoides - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 26/08/2018  
       
   
       
29] young caterpillars living gregariously on the host-plant patch. Saxifraga aizoides is not well developped at this time of the year as the snow usually ends its melting around early June at this place - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 15/06/2016   30] same place as in 29] a few days later - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m -24/06/2016

 		  
       
       
   
31] same place as in 29] a few days later - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 24/06/2016
 		   32] same place as in 29] a few days later. According to the various sizes of larvae, it seems that eggs do not hatch exactly at the same time - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m -24/06/2016  
       
       
   
33] caterpillar feeding on Saxifraga aizoides. Amazingly, caterpillars are active even at low temperatures around 7°C - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 24/06/2016  
34] other caterpillar feeding on Saxifraga aizoides - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 24/06/2016
 
  
       
       
   
35] larva which has just finished to molt. The shrivelled previous skin is visible on the right - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 24/06/2016   36] caterpillar feeding on Saxifraga aizoides - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 24/06/2016
 		  
       
       
   
37] mature caterpillar feeding on Saxifraga aizoides - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016   38] other caterpillar - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 15/06/2016  
       
       
   
39] cocoon of silk hardly visible among the vegetation ; the chrysalis is inside - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016  
40] other cocoon - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016
 
  
       
       
   
41] other cocoon - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016   42] other cocoon - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016  
       
       
   
43] view of the chrysalis after opening the cocoon shown in picture 42] ; the silken tent has been carefully closed and covered with dry pieces of grass after this observation - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 08/07/2016  
44] same chrysalis as 43]

 
 
  
       
       
     
45] left-overs of the chrysalis shown in picture 43], several days after the butterfly emerged - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m - 29/07/2016      
       
       
 
46] Habitat in the Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2200m (France) - 15/08/2014  
       
       
   
47] the host-plant, Saxifraga aizoides, grows by mountain streams - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2200m (France) - 15/08/2014   48] Habitat in the Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m (France) - 26/07/2015  
       
       
       
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