Apatura ilia
         
Lesser Purple Emperor  
Le Petit Mars changeant  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Apatura ilia form ilia - Doubs (France) - 25/06/2004   2] male - Yvelines (France) - June 2005  
       
       
   
3] male of form ilia . According to the position of the observer's eye, the blue sheen becomes visible in the males, whereas there is no blue sheen in the females - Yvelines (France) - 25/06/2002   4] male of form ilia - Yvelines (France) - 25/06/2002


 
 
       
       
   
5] male of form ilia - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 07/07/2018   6] same specimen as 5]
 
 
       
       
   
7] same specimen as 5]   8] male of form clytie - Haute Garonne (France) - 24/08/2017  
       
       
   
9] same specimen as 8]   10] same specimen as 8]  
       
       
   
11] male of form clytie - Yvelines (France) - 25/06/2002   12] male of form clytie - Yvelines (France) - 23/06/2003  
       
       
   
13] male of form clytie - Côte d'Or (France) - 15/06/2009   14] male of form clytie - Doubs (France) - 03/07/2010  
       
       
   
15] female of Apatura ilia - Haute Loire (France) - 12/08/2006   16] female - Doubs (France) - 08/06/2007  
       
       
   
17] young caterpillar on Populus nigra - Var (France) - 12/09/2014   18] same larva as 17]  
       
       
   
19] same larva as 17]   20] same larva as 17]  
       
       
 
21] same larva as 17]      
       
       
   
22] caterpillar of Apatura ilia on Populus tremula - Doubs (France) - 24/05/2010   23] other view of 22]
 
 
       
       
   
24] other view of 22]   25] other view of 22]  
       
       
   
26] other view of 22]   27] other view of 22]  
       
       
       
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