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1] male of Melitaea phoebe - Var (France) - 19/05/2009 | | 2] male - Doubs (France) - 22/05/2008 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-20-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-21-.jpg) | |
3] male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011 | | 4] other male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-19-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe-16-Copier-.JPG) | |
5] other male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011 | | 6] male - Dordogne (France) - 13/07/2009 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-32-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-27-.jpg) | |
7] male - Var (France) - 16/05/2011 | | 8] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-28-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-29-.jpg) | |
9] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012 | | 10] same specimen as 9] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-39-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_2013_-Copier-.JPG) | |
11] male - Ain (France) - 24/04/2009 | | 12] dark male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_hg_2018_-1-Copier-.JPG) | |
13] dark male alt.2000m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 10/07/2011 | | 14] male - Haute-Garonne (France) - 16/05/2018 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_update_-2-f-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_upd_2014_-190-Copier-.JPG) | |
15] male - Hautes Alpes (France) - 25/06/2013 | | 16] a male (on the left) attempting to seduce a female - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_upd_2014_-189-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_upd_2014_-191-Copier-.JPG) | |
17] same scene as 16] | | 18] male - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_po_2018_-5-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mm8/MM8F31-1.JPG) | |
19] male alt.1040m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 08/07/2018 | | 20] male alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmc/MMCE43-1.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mm3/MM3B93-1.JPG) | |
21] underside of a male alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020 | | 22] view of the genitalia of the male shown in 21] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mm0/MM02AA-1.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_-Copier-.JPG) | |
23] other view of the genitalia of the male shown in 21] | | 24] male alt.1150m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/07/2021 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_-4-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_-3-Copier-.JPG) | |
25] male alt.690m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021 | | 26] close-up of the genitalia of the male shown in 25] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_update_-1-f-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_upd_2014_-244-Copier-.JPG) | |
27] female of Melitaea phoebe - Var (France) - 02/06/2013 | | 28] female - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 27/07/2014 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-10-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/meliteae_phoebe_update_-f-.JPG) | |
29] female - Var (France) - 19/05/2009 | | 30] female - Var (France) - 10/05/2013 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe_upd_2014_-1056-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-33-.jpg) | |
31] female - Var (France) - 10/05/2014 | | 32] female - Var (France) - 30/07/2011 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_-1-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_-2-Copier-.JPG) | |
33] a male (on the left) attempting to seduce a female - Hautes Alpes (France) alt.927m - 10/07/2021 | | 34] same scene as 33] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-37-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-38-.jpg) | |
35] a male (on the left) attempting to seduce a female - Var (France) - 12/08/2010 | | 36] same scene as 35] (female on the right) | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-36-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-5-.jpg) | |
37] view of the male from picture 35] | | 38] female - Var (France) - 10/06/2010 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-6-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-41-.jpg) | |
39] same specimen as 38] | | 40] female - Haute Loire (France) - 09/07/2008 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-42-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2020_-Copier-.JPG) | |
41] other female - Haute Loire (France) - 09/07/2008 | | 42] female alt.950m - Aude (France) - 13/07/2020 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2020_-1-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2020_-3-Copier-.JPG) | |
43] female alt.1600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/07/2020 | | 44] same specimen as 43] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_po_2018_-4-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_ain_2018_-2-Copier-.JPG) | |
45] female alt.632m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 07/07/2018 | | 46] female - Ain (France) - 28/05/2018 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_ain_2018_-3-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-26-.jpg) | |
47] same specimen as 46] | | 48] female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-24-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-25-.jpg) | |
49] a male (above) and a female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012 | | 50] same female as 49] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-17-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-35-.jpg) | |
51] female - Jura (France) - 28/05/2008 | | 52] Côte d'Or (France) - 20/05/2010 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-11-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-18-.jpg) | |
53] female - Doubs (France) - 04/08/2008 | | 54] female - Haute Saône (France) - 01/08/2009 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_66_2018_-1-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_66_2018_-2-Copier-.JPG) | |
55] female alt.436m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/06/2018 | | 56] same specimen as 55] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-14-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-15-.jpg) | |
57] a male (below) attempting to seduce a female - Dordogne (France) - 13/07/2009 | | 58] view of the female from picture 57] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe-7-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-9-.jpg) | |
59] female laying on Centaurea sp. - Var (France) - 13/05/2012 | | 60] same specimen as 59] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-8-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/c/cat/caterpillars_melitaea_phoebe_2012-Copier-.jpg) | |
61] cluster of eggs laid by the female from picture 59] | | 62] young caterpillars on Centaurea sp. that originated from the eggs from picture 61] - 30/06/2012 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-31-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-34-.jpg) | |
63] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Haute Saône (France) - 13/05/2010 | | 64] caterpillar - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-22-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-23-.jpg) | |
65] caterpillar - Haute Saône (France) - 24/04/2010 | | 66] same larva as 65] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-3-.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-4-.jpg) | |
67] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010 | | 68] same larva as 67] | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe.jpg) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/melitaea_phoebe-2-.jpg) | |
69] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010 | | 70] other caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010 | |
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71] mature caterpillar on Centaurea sp. alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2020_-5-Copier-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mmm/mm_melitaea_phoebe_2021_maj_-Copier-.JPG) | |
72] same larva as 71], close-up of the head | | 73] mature caterpillar feeding on Centaurea jacea - Haute Garonne (France) - 26/03/2021 | |
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![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/meliteae_phoebe-10-f-.JPG) | | ![](https://www.fleetingwonders.com/images/m/mel/meliteae_phoebe-1-f-.JPG) | |
74] chrysalis - Var (France) - 21/05/2013 | | 75] same chrysalis as 74] | |
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