Lycaena tityrus
   
  & Lycaena tityrus ssp subalpinus
         
Sooty Copper  
Le Cuivré fuligineux  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Lycaena tityrus ssp tityrus - Isère (France) - 25/04/2009   2] same specimen as 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] male ssp tityrus - Haute Saône (France) - 11/05/2009   4] other male ssp tityrus - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009  
       
       
   
5] male ssp tityrus alt.630m - Corrèze (France) - 19/07/2009
 
  6] other male ssp tityrus alt.630m - Corrèze (France) - 19/07/2009  
       
       
   
7] male ssp tityrus alt.900m - Haute Loire (France) - 17/05/2009   8] male ssp tityrus - Alpes maritimes alt.2200m (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
9] male ssp tityrus alt.521m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 27/07/2014   10] male ssp tityrus alt.2487m , same site as the female from picture 22] - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012  
       
       
   
11] male alt.140m - Haute Garonne (France) - 06/05/2018
 
  12] male  ssp tityrus alt.1400m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 30/06/2018  
       
       
   
13] female of Lycaena tityrus ssp tityrus - Corrèze (France) - 19/07/2009   14] same specimen as 13]
 
 
       
       
   
15] female ssp tityrus - Haute Loire (France) - 17/05/2009   16] female ssp tityrus - Haute Saône (France) - 14/05/2009  
       
       
   
17] female ssp tityrus - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 26/07/2010   18]  female  ssp  tityrus  - Savoie alt.430m (France) - 17/07/2014  
       
       
   
19] female ssp tityrus - Var (France) - 19/08/2012   20] same specimen as 19]  
       
       
   
21] female ssp tityrus - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 07/07/2012   22] female ssp tityrus alt.2487m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012  
       
       
   
23] same specimen as 21]
 
  24] female ssp tityrus - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.1130m (France) - 17/08/2014  
       
       
   
25] female of ssp tityrus alt.1700m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/07/2015   26] female of ssp tityrus alt.1250m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/08/2016  
       
       
   
27] female of ssp tityrus alt.140m - Haute Garonne (France) - 06/05/2018   28] same female as 27], laying on Rumex acetosa
 
 
       
       
   
29] close-up of an egg freshly laid by the female from picture 27] on Rumex acetosa - Haute Garonne (France) - 06/05/2018   30] same egg as 29]
 
 
       
       
   
31] close-up of the small caterpillar which hatched from the egg seen in 29] (reared on Rumex acetosa)- Haute Garonne (France) - 25/05/2018   32] same larva as 31], on the 3rd of June, 2019

 
 
       
       
   
33] same larva as 31], on the 3rd of June, 2019   34] same larva as 31], on the 17th of June, 2019  
       
       
   
35] same larva as 31], on the 17th of June, 2019   36] same larva as 31], on the 17th of June, 2019  
       
       
   
37] chrysalis which originated from the caterpillar shown in picture 34] - Haute Garonne (France) - 25/06/2018   38] same chrysalis as 37]
 
 
       
       
   
39] same chrysalis as 37]   40] same chrysalis as 37]  
       
       
   
41] same chrysalis as 37] on the 1st of July, 2018. According to the wing patterns visible by transparency, the buttterfly is a female   42] other chrysalis - Haute Garonne (France) - 21/04/2018

 
 
       
       
   
43] same chrysalis as 42]   44] same chrysalis as 42] on the 1st of May, 2018  
       
       
     
45] female which hatched from the chrysalis shown in 44] on the 1st of May, 2018      
       
       
 
       
       
   
46] male of Lycaena tityrus ssp subalpinus alt.2487m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012   47] same specimen as 46]
 
 
       
       
   
48] same specimen as 46]   49] same specimen as 46]  
       
       
   
50] male of ssp subalpinus alt.1870m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 27/06/2016   51] same specimen as 50]
 
 
       
       
   
52] male ssp subalpinus alt. 1436m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 27/08/2014   53] same specimen as 52]
 
 
       
       
   
54] male ssp subalpinus - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1650 m  (France) - 16/07/2013   55] male ssp subalpinus - Alpes maritimes alt.2200m  (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
56] male ssp subalpinus - Alpes maritimes alt.1700 m  (France) - 15/08/2013   57] same specimen as 56]
 
 
       
       
   
58] male of ssp subalpinus alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) -  20/07/2016   59] same specimen as 58]
 
 
       
       
   
60] male ssp subalpinus alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014   61] female of Lycaena tityrus ssp subalpinus alt.2360m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 08/07/2012  
       
       
   
62] same specimen as 61]   63] same specimen as 61]  
       
       
   
64] same specimen as 61]
 
  65] female ssp subalpinus alt.2487m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012  
       
       
   
66] female ssp subalpinus alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014   67] same specimen as 66]
 
 
       
       
   
68] female ssp subalpinus - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1436m (France) - 27/08/2014   69] same specimen as 68]
 
 
       
       
   
70] female ssp subalpinus alt.2487m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012   71] same specimen as 70]
 
 
       
       
   
72] female ssp subalpinus alt.1250m - Savoie (France) - 16/07/2014   73] same specimen as 72]
 
 
       
       
   
74] same specimen as 72]
 
  75] other female ssp subalpinus alt.1250m - Savoie (France) - 16/07/2014  
       
       
   
76] same specimen as 75]
 
  77] female ssp subalpinus alt.1870m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 27/06/2016  
       
       
   
78] female ssp subalpinus alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2016   79] female ssp subalpinus alt.1870m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 27/06/2016  
       
       
   
80] female ssp subalpinus alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2016   81] other female ssp subalpinus alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2016  
       
       
       
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