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| | |  | << a Peacock (Inachis io) ; it will hide for overwintering then show up again next spring - Haute Loire alt.900m (France) - 29/10/2014 |
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| | |  | << caterpillar of Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea) on Medicago sp. - Var (France) - 07/11/2014 |
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| | |  | << a male of Clouded Yellow (Colias crocea) - Haute Loire alt.900m (France) - 29/10/2014 |
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| | |  | << two views of an egg of Brown Hairstreak (Thecla betulae) found on Blackthorn (Prunus spinosa) ; this egg will spend the winter period on this branch, then will hatch in the spring at the same time as the host-plant buds - Haute Loire alt.900m (France) - 29/10/2014 |
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| | |  | << a Small Copper (Lycaena phlaeas) - Haute Loire alt.900m (France) - 29/10/2014 |
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 | << two views of the same female of Rosy Grizzled Skipper (Pyrgus onopordi) - Var (France) - 28/09/2014 |
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| | |  | << an Auspicious Burnet (Zygaena fausta) showing the red collar, the main distinctive feature - Var (France) - 29/09/2014 |
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| | |  | << a female of Bath White (Pontia daplidice) - Var (France) - 28/09/2014 |
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| | |  | << a chrysalis of Southern Swallowtail under a stone (Papilio alexanor) - Var (France) - 12/09/2014 |
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| | |  | << young caterpillar of Purple Lesser Emperor (Apatura ilia) feeding on Black Poplar (Populus nigra) - Var (France) - 12/09/2014 |
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| | |  | << a female of Silver Spotted Skipper (Hesperia comma) - Var (France) - 12/09/2014 |
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 | << two views of the same male of Spanish Argus (Aricia morronensis ssp boudranei) ; this very scarce species is endemic to the French Pyrenees. Unlike its cousin, the Brown Argus which lives in the same area (see below), the black dots on the upperside are circled with white scales both in the male & the female. There are also very few orange markings on the upperside. The marginal lunules on the underside are fawn and not orange - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1620m (France) - 27/08/2014 |
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 | << two views of the same female of Spanish Argus (Aricia morronensis ssp boudranei) - Hautes Pyrénées alt.1620m (France) - 27/08/2014 |
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