Melitaea varia (ex-Mellicta varia)
         
Grisons Fritillary  
La Mélitée de la gentiane  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Melitaea varia - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011   2] other male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
3] other male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011   4] other male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
5] male alt.2200m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014   6] view of the genitalia of the male shown in photo 5]
 
 
       
       
   
7] other view of the genitalia of the male shown in photo 5]
 
  8] male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
9] other male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011   10] other male - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011  
       
       
   
11] female of Melitaea varia - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011   12] same specimen as 11]
 
 
       
       
   
13]  female  alt.1800m  - Alpes maritimes (France) - 03/07/2016   14] same specimen as 13]
 
 
       
       
   
15] female alt.2200m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014   16] other female alt.2200m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014  
       
       
   
17]  female  - Alpes maritimes alt.1680m (France) - 09/07/2011   18] female - Alpes maritimes alt.2300m (France) - 18/07/2015
 
 
       
       
   
19] female - Alpes de Haute Provence alt.2412m (France) - 29/07/2016   20] same specimen as 19]
 
 
       
       
   
21] mating pair (female above) - Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011   22] same scene as 21] (female above)
 
 
       
       
     
23] same scene as 22] (female on the left)      
       
       
     
24] habitat in the Alpes maritimes alt.2200-2360m (France) - 15/07/2011      
       
       
       
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