Issoria lathonia
         
Queen of Spain Fritillary  
Le Petit Nacré  
           
   
 
 
   
1] male of Issoria lathonia  -  Haute Saône (France)  - 20/06/2010   2] Haute Loire (France) - 25/07/2013
 
 
       
       
   
3] Haute Loire (France) - 23/07/2013   4] male - Haute-Garonne (France) - 25/07/2018  
       
       
   
5] Dordogne (France) - 15/07/2009   6] male - Var (France) - 17/05/2014  
       
       
   
7] male - Haute Loire alt.1300m (France) - 29/07/2009   8] male - Var (France) - 09/05/2013  
       
       
   
9] mating pair (female on the right) alt.950m - Corse (France) - 06/07/2019   10] same scene as 9], with the female opening its wings
 
 
       
       
   
11] female of Issoria lathonia - Var (France) - 22/03/2012   12] female - Dordogne (France) - 15/07/2009  
       
       
   
13] female which attempted to lay several times on heads of Viola sp. alt.488m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 19/05/2018   14] female laying on heads of Viola sp. alt.2300m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 18/07/2015  
       
       
   
15] a freshly laid egg on a flower of Viola arvensis  alt. 900m - Haute Loire (France) - 15/07/2018   16] close-up of the egg shown in picture 15]
 
 
       
       
       
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