Zygaena romeo
         
     
La Zygène des vesces  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena romeo alt.800 - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   2] same specimen as 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] male alt.1600m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013   4] same specimen as 3]  
       
       
   
5] male alt.890m - Drôme (France) - 24/06/2024   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male with spots No.3 & No.5 clearly linked. This banded form of Z.romeo is named "planeixi" and is often mixed with the classical form shown in 8] alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   8] male with spots No.3 & No.5 well separated alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009
 
 
       
       
   
9] other male alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   10] other specimen alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009  
       
       
   
11] male alt.931m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/06/2022   12] same specimen as 11]  
       
       
   
13] other male alt.931m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/06/2022   14] other specimen alt.931m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/06/2022  
       
       
   
15] male alt.1050m, whose pattern is asymmetrical - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 20/06/2022   16] same specimen as 15]
 
 
       
       
   
17] male alt.1000m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 11/06/2017   18] same specimen as 17]  
       
       
   
19] male  alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   20] same specimen as 19]  
       
       
   
21] male alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   22] other male alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009  
       
       
   
23] alt.1250m - Haute Loire (France) - 18/07/2010   24] alt.1350m -Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011  
       
       
   
25] male with spots No.3 & No.5 well separated - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   26] male of form planeixi, with spots No.3 & No.5 linked - Aude alt.585m (France) - 06/06/2022  
       
       
   
27] same specimen as 26]   28] male alt.1015m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 20/06/2022  
       
       
   
29] male alt.1600m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013   30] other male alt.1600m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013  
       
       
   
31] other male alt.1600m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 15/08/2013   32] alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009  
       
       
   
33] male alt.1650m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/08/2014   34] same specimen as 33]  
       
       
   
35] female of Zygaena romeo  alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   36] other female  alt.480m - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009
 
 
       
       
   
37] same specimen as 36]
 
  38] female of form planeixi alt.690m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 11/05/2024  
       
       
   
39] female of form planeixi alt.931m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/06/2022   40] same specimen as 39]
 
 
       
       
   
41] female alt.660m - Aude (France) - 21/05/2020   42] same specimen as 41]  
       
       
   
43] same specimen as 41]   44] same specimen as 41]  
       
       
   
45] other female alt.660m - Aude (France) - 21/05/2020   46] female - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009  
       
       
   
47] female alt.1620m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011   48] female alt.1361m - Ariège (France) - 02/07/2021  
       
       
   
49] female alt.931m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/06/2022   50] mating pair alt.1361m - Ariège (France) - 02/07/2021  
       
       
   
51] mating pair alt.1620m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011
 
  52] male (foreground) attracted to a mating pair alt.1620m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011  
       
       
 
53] other mating pair alt.1620m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/07/2011  
       
       
   
54] mating pair alt.1839m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014   55] same scene as 54]
 
 
       
       
   
56] caterpillar on Vicia cracca alt.1575m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 17/06/2016   57] same larva as 56]
 
 
       
       
   
58] same larva as 56]
 
  59] mature caterpillar found on Lathyrus pratensis alt.1200m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015  
       
       
   
60] same larva as 59] (head on the left)   61] same larva as 59] (head on the left)  
       
       
   
62] same larva as 59] eating Lathyrus pratensis   63] same larva as 59] (head on the right)  
       
       
   
64] same larva as 59]   65] same larva as 59], close-up of the head  
       
       
   
66] chrysalis which originated from the larva shown in 59], on the 10th of June, 2015   67] other view of the chrysalis shown in 66]
 
 
       
       
       
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