Melitaea phoebe
         
Knapweed Fritillary  
La Mélitée des centaurées  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Melitaea phoebe - Var (France) - 19/05/2009   2] male - Doubs (France) - 22/05/2008  
       
       
   
3] male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011   4] other male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011  
       
       
   
5] other male - Var (France) - 08/05/2011   6] male - Dordogne (France) - 13/07/2009  
       
       
   
7] male - Var (France) - 16/05/2011   8] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
       
       
   
9] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   10] same specimen as 9]  
       
       
   
11] male - Ain (France) - 24/04/2009   12] dark male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013  
       
       
   
13] dark male alt.2000m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 10/07/2011   14] male - Haute-Garonne (France) - 16/05/2018
 
 
       
       
   
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  
       
       
   
17] same scene as 16]   18] male - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014  
       
       
   
19] male alt.1040m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 08/07/2018   20] male alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020  
       
       
   
21] underside of a male alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020   22] view of the genitalia of the male shown in 21]
 
 
       
       
   
23] other view of the genitalia of the male shown in 21]   24] male alt.1150m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/07/2021  
       
       
   
25]  male alt.690m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021   26] close-up of the genitalia of the male shown in 25]  
       
       
   
27] female of Melitaea phoebe - Var (France) - 02/06/2013   28] female - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 27/07/2014  
       
       
   
29] female - Var (France) - 19/05/2009   30] female - Var (France) - 10/05/2013  
       
       
   
31] female - Var (France) - 10/05/2014   32] female - Var (France) - 30/07/2011  
       
       
   
33] a male (on the left) attempting to seduce a female - Hautes Alpes (France) alt.927m - 10/07/2021   34] same scene as 33]
 
 
       
       
   
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)
 
 
       
       
   
37] view of the male from picture 35]   38] female - Var (France) - 10/06/2010  
       
       
   
39] same specimen as 38]   40] female - Haute Loire (France) - 09/07/2008  
       
       
   
41] other female - Haute Loire (France) - 09/07/2008   42] female alt.950m - Aude (France) - 13/07/2020  
       
       
   
43] female alt.1600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/07/2020   44] same specimen as 43]
 
 
       
       
   
45] female alt.632m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 07/07/2018   46] female - Ain (France) - 28/05/2018
 
 
       
       
   
47] same specimen as 46]   48] female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012  
       
       
   
49] a male (above) and a female - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/05/2012   50] same female as 49]
 
 
       
       
   
51] female - Jura (France) - 28/05/2008   52] Côte d'Or (France) - 20/05/2010  
       
       
   
53] female - Doubs (France) - 04/08/2008   54] female - Haute Saône (France) - 01/08/2009  
       
       
   
55] female alt.436m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/06/2018   56] same specimen as 55]
 
 
       
       
   
57] a male (below) attempting to seduce a female - Dordogne (France) - 13/07/2009   58] view of the female from picture 57]
 
 
       
       
   
59] female laying on Centaurea sp. - Var (France) - 13/05/2012
 
  60] same specimen as 59]
 
 
       
       
   
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  
       
       
   
63] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Haute Saône (France) - 13/05/2010   64] caterpillar - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009
 
 
       
       
   
65] caterpillar - Haute Saône (France) - 24/04/2010   66] same larva as 65]  
       
       
   
67] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010   68] same larva as 67]  
       
       
   
69] caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010
 
  70] other caterpillar on Centaurea sp. - Switzerland - 06/06/2010  
       
       
 
71] mature caterpillar on Centaurea sp. alt.1630m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 18/07/2020  
       
       
   
72] same larva as 71], close-up of the head
 
  73] mature caterpillar feeding on Centaurea jacea - Haute Garonne (France) - 26/03/2021  
       
       
   
74] chrysalis - Var (France) - 21/05/2013   75] same chrysalis as 74]  
       
       
       
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