Colias palaeno
         
Moorland Clouded Yellow  
Le Solitaire  
           
   
 
 
   
1] male of Colias palaeno - Doubs alt.865m (France) - 23/06/2006   2] male - Doubs alt.865m (France) - 29/06/2008  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 2]   4] same specimen as 2]  
       
       
   
5] male alt.1950-2220m - Savoie (France) - 18/07/2014   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male - Doubs alt.865m (France) - 17/06/2009   8] female of Colias palaeno - Doubs alt.865m (France) - 19/06/2009  
       
       
   
9]  female - Doubs alt.865m (France) - 17/06/2009   10] female alt.1950-2220m - Savoie (France) - 18/07/2014  
       
       
   
11] same specimen as 10], puddling on mud   12] same scene as 11]  
       
       
   
12] female laying on Vaccinium uliginosum - Savoie alt.1930-1990m (France) - 16/07/2014   13] egg laid on Vaccinium uliginosum by the female shown in picture 10] - Savoie alt. 1950-2220m (France) - 18/07/2014  
       
       
   
14] close-up of the egg from picture 13]

 
  15] Habitat in Doubs alt.865m (France) - 29/06/2008
A damp moor rich in plants of Ericaceae family (Erica sp., Vaccinium uliginosum)
 
       
       
 
16] Habitat in Savoie, alt.1930-1990m. This mountain moor is rich in plants of the Ericaceae family (Rhododendron sp., Vaccinium uliginosum)  
       
       
       
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