Libythea celtis
         
Nettle Tree Butterfly  
L'Echancré  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Libythea celtis - Var (France) - 16/06/2012   2] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
   
3] worn specimen after overwintering alt.600m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 22/05/2009   4] same specimen as 3]
 
 
       
       
   
5] close-up of the head (specimen from picture 3]) showing the elongated palps typical of this species   6] Var (France) -  04/08/2012
 
 
       
       
   
7] Var (France) - 08/08/2014   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] same specimen as 7]
 
  10] worn specimen after overwintering - Var (France) - 05/04/2014  
       
       
   
11] male puddling alt. 503m - Aude (France) - 08/07/2018
 
  12] specimen resting on the host-plant Celtis australis alt.700m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 24/06/2018  
       
       
   
13] mature larva on Celtis australis - Var (France) - 07/06/2012   14] same larva as 13]  
       
       
   
15] same larva as 13]   16] chrysalis on Celtis australis - Var (France) 07/06/2012  
       
       
     
17] same chrysalis as 16] two days before the butterfly emerged - Var (France) - 14/06/2012      
       
       
       
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