Zygaena nevadensis
         
     
La Zygène des gesses  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena nevadensis alt.790m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009

 
  2] same specimen as 1], showing the dark border of the hindwing. The grey scaling covers caudally the half of the wing brim (from the apex to the middle) and stops abruptly (white arrow), which is an essential feature for identifying this species  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1]   4] male alt.695m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/05/2024  
       
       
   
5] male alt.1020m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] male alt.1315m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 06/06/2023   10] same specimen as 9]  
       
       
   
11] same specimen as 9]   12] other male alt.1315m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 06/06/2023   
       
       
   
13] male alt.695m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/05/2024   14] same specimen as 13]  
       
       
   
15] male alt.695m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/05/2024
 
  16] male alt.1650m  -  Alpes de Haute Provence (France)  -  16/06/2011  
       
       
   
17] same specimen as 16]
 
  18] other male alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
19] male alt.1200m - Hautes alpes (France) - 22/06/2013   20] same specimen as 19]  
       
       
   
21] female of Zygaena nevadensis alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   22] old female alt.792m - Drôme (France) - 21/06/2022
 
 
       
       
   
23] same specimen as 22]   24] same specimen as 22]  
       
       
   
25] female alt.792m - Drôme (France) - 21/06/2022   26] same specimen as 25]  
       
       
   
27] same specimen as 25]   28] female alt.1315m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015  
       
       
   
29] female alt.1000m - Hautes alpes (France) - 22/06/2013   30] other female alt.1000m - Hautes alpes (France) - 24/06/2013  
       
       
   
31] mating pair (female on the left) alt.1020m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   32] same scene as 31]
 
 
       
       
   
33] same scene as 31] (female above)   34] mating pair alt.1315m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015  
       
       
   
35] same specimen as 34]   36] same specimen as 34]  
   
   
 
37] mating pair alt.970m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 06/06/2025      
       
       
   
38] female resting on Lathyrus canescens, one of the host plants used for egg-laying - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   39] view of Lathyrus canescens - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009
 
 
       
       
     
40] caterpillar feeding on Vicia cracca alt.1098m - Vaucluse (France) - 08/05/2024      
       
       
 
41] habitat in Hautes Alpes alt.1315m (France) - 06/06/2023  
   
   
 
42] habitat in the Alpes de Haute Provence alt.1650m (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
       
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