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<< two views of a Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), a scarce and highly threatened butterfly - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 |
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<< other Southern Comma (Polygonia egea), with a dark underside - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 |
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<< a Variable Burnet (Zygaena ephialtes form ephialtoides) with 5 spots on the hindwing (form 'medusa') - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 |
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<< another Variable Burnet (Zygaena ephialtes form ephialtoides) with 6 spots on the hindwing (form 'ephialtes'), this variant being scarcer than form medusa - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 |
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<< a Dryad male (Minois dryas) showing its blueish spots - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/08/2013 |
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<< a Dryad female (Minois dryas) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/08/2013 |
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<< a male Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 |
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<< underside of a male Balkan Fritillary (Boloria graeca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 |
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<< mating pair of Meleager's Blues (Meleageria daphnis) ; the female (on the right) has a much scalloped margin than the male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/08/2013 |
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<< two views of a male Marbled Ringlet (Erebia montana) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 |
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<< Zygaena romeo resting on its foodplant, the Tufted Vetch (Vicia cracca) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 |
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<< a female Arran Brown (Erebia ligea) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/08/2013 |
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<< a red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/08/2013 |
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<< a mating pair of Carline Skippers (Pyrgus carlinae) and views of the female upperside and underside - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013 |
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<< a male Carline Skipper (Pyrgus carlinae) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 16/08/2013 |
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