| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pol/polygonia_egea_2013-1-.JPG) ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pol/polygonia_egea_2013-2-.JPG) | << two views of a Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), a scarce and highly threatened butterfly - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pol/polygonia_egea_2013-3-.JPG) | << other Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), with a dark underside - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/z/zzy/zzygaena_ephialtes_2013_-2-.JPG) | << a Variable Burnet (Zygaena ephialtes ephialtoides) with 5 spots on the forewing (form 'medusa') - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/z/zzy/zzygaena_ephialtes_2013_-1-.JPG) | << another Variable Burnet (Zygaena ephialtes ephialtoides) with 6 spots on the forewing (form 'ephialtes'), this variant being scarcer than form medusa - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/min/minois_dryas_2013-1-.JPG) | << a Dryad male (Minois dryas) showing its blueish spots - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/min/minois_dryas_2013-2-.JPG) | << a Dryad female (Minois dryas) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/b/bol/boloria_graeca_2013_-1-.JPG) | << a male Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/b/bol/boloria_graeca_2013_-2-.JPG) | << underside of a male Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/meleageria_daphnis_2013.JPG) | << mating pair of Meleager's Blues (Meleageria daphnis) ; the female (on the right) has a much more scalloped margin than the male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/e/ere/erebia_montana_2013_-2-.JPG) ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/e/ere/erebia_montana_2013_-1-.JPG) | << two views of a male Marbled Ringlet (Erebia montana) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/z/zzy/zzygaena_romeo_2013.JPG) | << Zygaena romeo resting on its hostplant, the Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/e/ere/erebia_ligea_2013.JPG) | << a female Arran Brown (Erebia ligea) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/v/van/vanessa_atalanta_2013_.JPG) | << a Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 | |
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| | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pyr/pyrgus_carlinae_2013_-5-.JPG) ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/p/pyr/pyrgus_carlinae_2013_-4-.JPG) | << a mating pair of Carline Skippers (Pyrgus carlinae) and views of the female's upperside and underside - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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