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Colias alfacariensis | |||||
![]() | Berger's Clouded Yellow | ||||
![]() | Le Fluoré | ||||
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1] male of Colias alfacariensis - Haute Saône (France) - 06/09/2009 The brims of the forewing are typically rounded (costa and brim at the rear part of the wing) and so is the apex | 2] male - Ain (France) - 24/04/2009 The brim at the rear part of the forewing is more straight compared with that of the specimen shown on picture 1] ; the grey scales on the hindwing are dense and cover all the surface (especially the area from the base of the wing to the row of submarginal spots) | ||
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3] male - Var (France) - 19/05/2009 | 4] male attempting to seduce a female - Haute Saône (France) - 22/08/2009. The colour of the spot on the hindwing is vivid orange and this marking is rather large | ||
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5] male during courting - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008 | 6] same scene as 5] (an unidentified creature took off at the same time, which lead to the dark thing that masked the wing patterns) | ||
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7] male - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | 8] male - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | ||
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9] male - Jura (France) - 21/08/2008 | 10] male - Var (France) - 27/04/2011 | ||
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11] male just after mating with the female from picture 12] - Doubs (France) - 16/09/2008 | 12] female just after mating with the male from picture 11] | ||
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13] mating pair - Haute Saône (France) - 19/09/2009 | 14] same scene as 13] | ||
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15] male and female - Haute Saône (France) - 06/09/2009 | 16] closer view of female of picture 15] | ||
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17] female - Haute Saône (France) - 19/09/2009 | 18] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 28/05/2008 | ||
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19] female during courting with a male - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008 | 20] female - Doubs (France) - 11/09/2008 | ||
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21] female - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009 | 22] female - Var (France) - 29/04/2012 | ||
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23] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 03/06/2008 | 24] female - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | ||
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25] female - Côte d'Or (France) - 28/08/2008 | 26] same individual as 25] | ||
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27] female of Colias alfacariensis teased by a male Colias hyale - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | 28] closer view of the female from the scene 27], showing the vivid orange tint of the spot on the hindwing | ||
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29] same scene as 27] with the male Colias hyale showing its upperside | 30] underside of the female from the scene 27] | ||
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31] female - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | 32] same female as 31] laying on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 10/09/2008 | ||
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33] female laying on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 19/09/2009 | 34] egg on Hippocrepis comosa - Doubs (France) - 19/09/2009 | ||
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35] young caterpillar with a dark head and inconspicuous yellow bands on the back - Haute-Saône (France) - 06/04/2010 | 36] same individual as 35] | ||
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37] caterpillar - Haute-Saône (France) - 17/04/2010 | 38] same individual as 37] | ||
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39] mature caterpillar - Doubs (France) - 23/04/2010 | 40] same individual as 39] | ||
41] mature caterpillar found on Hippocrepis comosa - Var (France) - 08/06/2014 | 42] young caterpillar found near heads of Hippocrepis comosa in early Spring - Var (France) - 23/03/2014 | ||
43] same caterpillar as 42] | 44] same caterpillar as 42] - 02/04/2014 | ||
45] same caterpillar as 42], ready to pupate - 07/04/2014 | 46] newly formed chrysalis - 08/04/2014 | ||
47] same chrysalis as 46] - 10/04/2014 | |||
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