Tomares ballus
         
Provence Hairstreak  
Le Faux-cuivré smaragdin  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Tomares ballus - Var (France) - 25/03/2011   2] male - Var (France) - 30/03/2012  
       
       
   
3] male - Var (France) - 10/03/2017   4] same specimen as 3], close-up of the head  
       
       
   
5] other male - Var (France) - 10/03/2017   6] other male - Var (France) - 10/03/2017  
       
       
   
7] male - Var (France) - 25/03/2011   8] male - Var (France) - 05/04/2009  
       
       
   
9] other male - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   10] male - Var (France) - 05/04/2012  
       
       
   
11] male - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   12] female of Tomares ballus - Var (France) - 05/04/2012  
       
       
   
13] female - Var (France) -27/03/2014   14] same specimen as 13]  
       
       
   
15] female - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   16] other female - Var (France) - 05/04/2009  
       
       
   
17] a female (middle) with two males - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   18] same scene as 17] with a male showing its upperside in flight  
       
       
   
19] same scene as 17] with two males showing their upperside in flight   20] female from picture 17] showing its upperside while a male is attempting to mate - Var (France) - 05/04/2009  
       
       
   
21] same scene as 20] (female on the right)   22] female (on the right) showing its upperside when teased by two males - Var (France) - 05/04/2009  
       
       
   
23] female laying on Anthyllis tetraphylla - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   24] same scene as 23]
 
 
       
       
   
25] close-up of an egg laid by the female from picture 23]

 
  26] young caterpillar on Dorycnium hirsutum attended by an ant of species Plagiolepis pygmaea (visible at the bottom of the larva) - Var (France) - 13/05/2011  
       
       
   
27] caterpillar on Dorycnium hirsutum - Var (France) - 13/05/2011   28] same larva as 27], attended by an ant of species Camponotus cruentatus  
       
       
   
29] same scene as 27]
 
  30] other caterpillar on Dorycnium hirsutum - Var (France) - 13/05/2011  
       
       
   
31] other caterpillar on Dorycnium hirsutum attended by an ant of species Camponotus cruentatus - Var (France) - 13/05/2011   32] same scene as 31]
 
 
       
       
   
33] other caterpillar on Dorycnium hirsutum attended by an ant of species Camponotus cruentatus - Var (France) - 13/05/2011   34] same scene as 33]
 
 
       
       
   
35] same scene as 33]   36] same scene as 33]  
       
       
 
37] habitat of Tomares ballus - Var (France) - 25/03/2011      
       
       
 
38] habitat with flowered slopes where heads of Dorycnium hirsutum grow - Var (France) - 13/05/2011  
       
       
       
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