Thymelicus lineola (ex-Thymelicus lineolus)
         
Essex Skipper  
L'Hespérie du dactyle  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Thymelicus lineola - Doubs (France) - 17/06/2009   2] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
   
3] male - Var (France) - 16/06/2013
 
  4] same specimen as 3] showing the black underside of the antenna club  
       
       
   
5] close-up of the head of a male showing the black underside of the antenna club - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 19/07/2012   6] same specimen as 5]
 
 
       
       
   
7] male alt.811m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 23/06/2024   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011   10] other male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011  
       
       
   
11] same specimen as 10]   12] male - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 11/07/2013  
       
       
   
13] male alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014   14] male alt.890m - Haute Loire (France) - 19/06/2018  
       
       
   
15] worn male alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014   16] other male alt.1500m - Savoie (France) - 13/07/2014  
       
       
   
17] males - Alpes maritimes (France) - 08/07/2012   18] close-up of the specimen from picture 17]  
       
       
   
19] female of Thymelicus lineola - Doubs (France) - 08/07/2010   20] same specimen as 19]  
       
       
   
21] female searching for a suitable piece of grass for egg laying alt.1565m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013   22] same specimen as 21]
 
 
       
       
   
23] female laying on a piece of grass alt.1750m - Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 21/07/2022   24] close-up of the eggs laid by the female from picture 23]
 
 
       
       
   
25] mating pair (female on the left) alt.900m - Haute Loire (France) - 12/07/2014   26] same scene as 25]
 
 
       
       
   
27] close-up of the antenna clubs of an individual from scene 25]
 
  28] same scene as 25]
 
 
       
       
       
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