Apatura iris
         
Purple Emperor  
Le Grand Mars changeant  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Apatura iris attracted to human sweat - Doubs (France) - 03/07/2010   2] other view of 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] other view of 1]

 
  4] other view of 1] ; 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  
       
       
   
5] other view of 1]
 
  6] close-up showing the variation of the wing sheen in the male (on a road-killed individual) - Isère (France) - 05/07/2015  
       
       
   
7] male of Apatura iris attracted to animal dung - Doubs (France) - 03/07/2010   8] same specimen as 7]
 
 
       
       
   
9] same specimen as 7]   10] male - Doubs (France) - 03/07/2010  
       
       
   
11] male - Haute Loire (France) - 16/07/2010
 
  12] same individual as 11] licking the surface of a flower bud of Lilium sp. in a garden  
       
       
   
13] male - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2013   14] same specimen as 13]  
       
       
   
15] young caterpillar on Salix capraea - Switzerland - 05/06/2010   16] mature caterpillar on Salix capraea - Doubs (France) - 28/05/2010  
       
       
   
17] other view of 16]   18] other view of 16]  
       
       
     
19] other view of 16]      
       
       
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