Pyrgus carthami
         
Safflower Skipper  
L'Hespérie du carthame  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Pyrgus carthami alt.1155m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   2] males puddling alt.1445m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012  
       
       
   
3] male alt.1445m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012   4] male alt.1445m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 09/07/2012  
       
       
   
5] male alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 20/07/2016   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male alt.1000m -  Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015   8] male alt.1800m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 20/07/2016  
       
       
   
9] male alt.690m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 25/06/2013   10] male alt.2300m - Alpes maritimes (France) -  18/07/2015  
       
       
   
11] female of Pyrgus carthami alt. 690m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 25/06/2013   12]  female  alt.2200m  - Alpes maritimes (France) - 22/07/2016  
       
       
   
13] same specimen as 12]   14] same specimen as 12]  
       
       
   
15] female alt.1155m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   16] same specimen as 15]
 		  
       
       
   
17] female alt.915m - Var (France) - 07/07/2011   18] same specimen as 17]  
       
       
   
19]  female  alt.1620m  - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011   20] same specimen as 21]
 		  
       
       
   
21] female alt.915m - Var (France) - 07/07/2011   22] same specimen as 21] laying on Potentilla sp.  
       
       
     
23]  female  alt.2200m  - Alpes maritimes (France) - 22/07/2016      
       
       
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