Zygaena lavandulae
         
White-collared Burnet  
La Zygène de la badasse  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena lavandulae - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 22/05/2009   2] same specimen as 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1]   4] other specimen - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 22/05/2009  
       
       
   
5] male - Var (France) - 08/06/2011   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] same specimen as 5]   8] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012  
       
       
   
9] male - Var (France) - 21/05/2013   10] male alt.600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 16/06/2018  
       
       
   
11] male alt.220m - Aude (France) - 20/05/2022   12] other male alt.220m - Aude (France) - 20/05/2022  
       
       
   
13] male alt.220m - Aude (France) - 22/05/2022   14] male alt.411m - Var (France) - 21/06/2024  
       
       
   
15] male of form consobrina ; this form shows extensive red scaling on the hindwing both on its underside and upperside - Var (France) 30/04/2017   16] same specimen as 15]

 
 
       
       
   
17] other male of form consobrina - Var (France) 30/04/2017   18] same specimen as 17]  
       
       
   
19] female of Zygaena lavandulae alt.600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 17/05/2012   20] same specimen as 19]
 
 
       
       
   
21] same specimen as 19]   22] same specimen as 19]  
       
       
   
23] female alt.600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 22/05/2009   24] same specimen as 23]  
       
       
   
25] female of form consobrina  - Var (France) - 10/05/2014
 
  26] same specimen as 25] showing its extensive red scaling on the hindwing  
       
       
   
27] female alt.220m - Aude (France) - 22/05/2022
 
  28] female of form consobrina showing its extensive red scaling on the hindwing  alt.411m - Var (France) - 16/06/2024  
       
       
   
29] mating pair alt.220m - Aude (France) - 20/05/2022
 
  30] female laying her eggs ners heads of Dorycnium pentaphyllum, the host-plant alt.411m - Var (France) - 21/06/2024  
       
       
   
31] same scene as 30]   32] same scene as 30], close-up of the eggs  
       
       
   
33] female laying under a Scorpiurus muricatus leaf near heads of Dorycnium pentaphyllum, this latter plant being the real host-plant - Var (France) - 17/05/2013   34] same scene as 33]

 
 
       
       
   
35] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 33]
 
  36] female laying her eggs ners heads of Dorycnium pentaphyllum, the host-plant alt.650m - Var (France) - 21/05/2020  
       
       
   
37] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 36]   38] tiny caterpillars hatched from the clutch shown in 37]  
       
       
   
39] same scene as 38], close-up of a tiny larva
 
  40] caterpillar reared on Dorycnium pentaphyllum from an egg of the clutch shown in 32] - 11/10/2024  
       
       
   
41] same larva as 40]   42] same larva as 40]  
       
       
   
43] same larva as 40], on the 25th of October, 2024   44] same larva as 43]  
       
       
   
45] same larva as 44]
 
  46] same larva as 40], on the 16th of November, 2024. It has already reached a lenght of 1.5cm  
       
       
     
47] same larva as 46]      
       
       
       
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