Euphydryas aurinia
         
Marsh Fritillary  
Le Damier de la succise  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Euphydryas aurinia ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.610m - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008    2] male of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m (other place than in 1] ) - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 2]
 
  4] male of ssp aurinia alt.760m (same place as in 2] ) - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008  
       
       
   
5] male of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m (same place as in 2] - Doubs (France) - 28/05/2009   6] male of ssp aurinia alt.760m (same place as in 2] ) - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008  
       
       
   
7] female (above) and male of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m (same place as in 2]- Doubs (France) - 28/05/2009   8] same scene as 7]
 
 
       
       
   
9] same scene as 7], view of the underside of the male
 
  10] male of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m (same place as in 2] ) - Doubs (France) - 23/05/2009  
       
       
   
11] male of ssp aurinia in a bog alt.880m - Doubs (France) - 04/06/2010   12] male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
13] male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.360m - Doubs (France) - 02/06/2010   14] male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
15] other male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   16] same specimen as 15]
 
 
       
       
   
17] other male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   18] other male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
19] other male of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   20] same specimen as 19]
 
 
       
       
   
21] female of ssp aurinia alt.610m (same place as in 1] ) - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008   22] same specimen as 21]
 
 
       
       
   
23] female of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.310m - Haute Saône (France) - 21/05/2010   24] same specimen as 23]
 
 
       
       
   
25] male and female of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.310m - Haute Saône (France) - 21/05/2010   26] female of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.250m - Aude (France) - 20/05/2022  
       
       
   
27] female of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 11/06/2021   28] female of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
29] female of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m - Doubs (France) - 08/06/2023   30] other female of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m - Doubs (France) - 08/06/2023  
       
       
   
31] other female of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m - Doubs (France) - 08/06/2023   32] other female of ssp aurinia in a damp meadow alt.760m - Doubs (France) - 08/06/2023  
       
       
   
33] mature caterpillar of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m, coexisting with flying adults ; this suggests a long flight period at this place (2 months) - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   34] other mature caterpillar of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m, coexisting with flying adults - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
35] other mature caterpillar of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m, coexisting with flying adults - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   36] other mature caterpillar of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m, coexisting with flying adults - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022  
       
       
   
37] mature caterpillar of ssp aurinia in a dry grassland alt.370m, starting to pupate - Ariège (France) - 29/04/2022   38] view of the damp meadow alt.610m (same place as in 1] ) - Doubs (France) - 01/06/2008  
       
       
       
       
       
       
   
1] male of Euphydryas aurinia ssp provincialis in a dry grassland alt.412m - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   2] same specimen as 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] male of ssp provincialis in a dry grassland alt.412m - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   4] male of ssp provincialis alt.412m - Var (France) - 18/04/2014
 
 
       
       
   
5] male of ssp provincialis - Var (France) - 29/04/2011   6] male of ssp provincialis alt.422m - Var (France) 14/05/2015  
       
       
   
7] female of Euphydryas aurinia ssp provincialis in a dry grassland - Var (France) - 19/05/2009   8] same specimen as 7]
 
 
       
       
   
9] female of ssp provincialis alt.412m (same place as in 3]) - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   10] female of ssp provincialis - Var (France) - 10/05/2014
 
 
       
       
   
11] female of ssp provincialis alt.412m - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   12] same specimen as 11]  
       
       
   
13] female of ssp provincialis alt.412m - Var (France) - 30/04/2017   14] same specimen as 13]  
       
       
   
15] female of ssp provincialis - Var (France) - 29/04/2012
 
  16] female of ssp provincialis alt.224m - Var (France) - 30/04/2015
 
 
       
       
   
17] female of ssp provincialis alt.412m - Var (France) - 30/04/2017
 
  18] mating pair of ssp provincialis alt.689m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015  
       
       
   
19] mating pair of ssp provincialis - Var (France) - 30/04/2017
 
  20] mating pair of ssp provincialis alt.400m - Var (France) - 04/05/2013  
       
       
   
21] same scene as 20], with a second male
 
  22] young caterpillars of Euphydryas aurinia ssp provincialis in their nest on Cephalaria leucantha alt.412m - Var (France) - 16/06/2012  
       
       
 
23] young caterpillars of Euphydryas aurinia ssp provincialis in their nest on Cephalaria leucantha alt.412m - Var (France) - 11/07/2012  
       
       
   
24] nest of caterpillars of Euphydryas aurinia ssp provincialis on Cephalaria leucantha alt.412m - Var (France) - 07/07/2011   25] closer view of scene 24] ; the larvae live gregariously
 
 
       
       
   
26] several gregarious caterpillars found in Spring on Lonicera sp alt.412m - Var (France) - 01/04/2011   27] closer view of a larva - Var (France) - 01/04/2011
 
 
       
       
28] other larvae alt.412m - Var (France) - 01/04/2011      
       
       
   
29] much smaller caterpillar, among the others alt.412m - Var (France) - 01/04/2011   30]  other caterpillar - Var (France) - 01/04/2011
 
 
       
       
   
31] other caterpillar found on Lonicera sp. at the same place as in 26] but the larvae were scarcer - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   32] same caterpillar as 31]
 
 
       
       
   
33] other caterpillar  - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   34] other caterpillar - Var (France) - 19/04/2011  
       
       
     
35] caterpillar found in Spring on Cephalaria leucantha - Var (France) - 21/04/2014      
       
       
   
36] chrysalis - Var (France) - 19/04/2011   37] same chrysalis as 36]  
       
       
   
38] chrysalis - Var (France) - 21/04/2014   39] same chrysalis as 38]  
       
       
       
       
       
       
   
1] male of Euphydryas aurinia ssp pyrenesdebilis alt.2350m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 09/07/2023   2] other male of ssp pyrenesdebilis alt.2350m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 09/07/2023  
       
       
   
3] other male of ssp pyrenesdebilis alt.2350m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 09/07/2023   4] other male of ssp pyrenesdebilis alt.2350m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 09/07/2023  
       
       
     
5] other male of ssp pyrenesdebilis alt.2350m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 09/07/2023      
       
       
       
       
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