Zygaena carniolica
         
     
La Zygène du sainfoin  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena carniolica ssp modesta alt.796m. In this subspecies, a pale white collar is visible near the head and the red abdominal belt is either missing or weak - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2018   2] same specimen as 1]


 
 
       
       
   
3] other specimen of ssp modesta alt.796m, with an incomplete red belt on the abdomen. Not all the individuals within a population show this feature - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2018   4] other specimen of ssp modesta alt.796m - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2018
 
 
       
       
   
5] other specimen of ssp modesta with an incomplete red belt on the abdomen alt.796m - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2018   6] other specimen of  ssp modesta alt.796m - Haute Loire (France) - 26/07/2018  
       
       
   
7] male of ssp modesta devoid of red belt alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009   8] male of ssp modesta showing a weak red belt on the abdomen alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009  
       
       
   
9] other specimen of ssp modesta  alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009   10] other specimen of ssp modesta showing a pale white collar  alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009  
       
       
   
11] two individuals of ssp modesta  alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 01/08/2009   12] individual of ssp modesta alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009  
       
       
   
13] two individuals of ssp modesta (a female backwards) alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009   14] a male of ssp modesta alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 05/07/2009  
       
       
   
15] specimen of Z. carniolica subspecies diniensis from the south of France  alt.893m, showing a bold red belt in all the individuals which is typical in this subspecies. The white colour is usually strong - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   16]  same specimen as 15]


 
 
       
       
   
17] individual of ssp diniensis caught in a spider web alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   18] other specimen alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014
 
 
       
       
   
19] a male (on the left) and a female of ssp diniensis alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011  
20] male of ssp diniensis alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011
 
       
       
   
21] old specimen of ssp diniensis (the red colour faded to orange) alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011   22] specimen of ssp diniensis alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011  
       
       
   
23] individual of ssp diniensis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   24] individual of ssp diniensis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014  
       
       
   
25] specimen of ssp diniensis alt.1460m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 08/07/2012   26] same specimen as 25] showing a bold red belt
 
 
       
       
   
27] female of Zygaena carniolica ssp moraulti alt.1150m. In this subspecies, the bright collar is rather grey and hardly visible ; the bright edge of the red spots is very thin or absent. The red abdominal belt is inconstant - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/08/2016   28] same specimen as 27] showing a bold red belt


 
 
       
       
   
29] other individual (male) of ssp moraulti alt.1150m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/08/2016   30] individual of ssp diniensis alt.1150m (same place as 27] & 29]) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/08/2016  
       
       
   
31] individual of ssp diniensis alt.1150m (same place as 27] & 29]) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/08/2016   32] individual of ssp diniensis alt.1350m  - Hautes Alpes (France) - 17/08/2016  
       
       
   
33] individual of ssp diniensis alt.689m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021   34] other individual of ssp diniensis alt.689m, with more bright scales - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021  
       
       
   
35] individual alt.1700m Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014   36] individual alt.1700m Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 15/08/2014  
       
       
   
37]  several specimen alt.1580m, two of them are of ssp moraulti (thin grey collar, almost no bright edge around the red spots) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/07/2022   38] same scene as 37]

 
 
       
       
   
39] male of Zygaena carniolica ssp moraulti alt.1580m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/07/2022   40] male alt.1580m of ssp diniensis (same place as 39]) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/07/2022  
       
       
   
41] female alt.1580m (same place as 39]) - Hautes Alpes (France) - 18/07/2022   42] same specimen as 41]
 
 
       
       
   
43] individual of ssp diniensis alt.1015m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 20/06/2022   44] male of ssp diniensis alt.689m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 16/07/2022  
       
       
   
45] female of Zygaena carniolica ssp diniensis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   46] same individual as 45] showing its bold red belt
 
 
       
       
   
47]  female of ssp diniensis alt.1630m - Alpes maritimes (France) - 19/07/2015   48] same specimen as 47]
 
 
       
       
   
49] female of Zygaena carniolica ssp diniensis form weileri, with extensive white scaling on the upperside alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   50] female of ssp diniensis alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011
 
 
       
       
   
51] female of Zygaena carniolica ssp diniensis form weileri, with extensive white scaling on the upperside alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011   52] same specimen as 51]

 
 
       
       
   
53] same specimen as 51]
 
  54] female of ssp diniensis alt.689m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021  
       
       
     
55] other female of ssp diniensis alt.689m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 12/07/2021      
       
       
   
56] mating pair of Zygaena carniolica ssp diniensis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 26/07/2014   57] mating pair alt.1374m -  Hautes Alpes (France)  - 17/08/2016
 
 
       
       
   
58] female of ssp diniensis laying on an unidentified plant which is not the true host-plant alt.600m - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 08/07/2011   59] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 58]

 
 
       
       
   
60] caterpillar of ssp diniensis feeding on Onobrychis saxatilis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015   61] same larva as 60]
 
 
       
       
   
62] other caterpillar feeding on Onobrychis saxatilis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015   63] other caterpillar feeding on Onobrychis saxatilis alt.893m - Hautes Alpes (France) - 05/06/2015  
       
       
   
64] cocoon of Z.carniolica found in a meadow - Doubs (France) - 05/07/2010   65] other cocoon - Doubs (France) - 05/07/2010
 
 
       
       
   
66] cocoon - 13/06/2015   67] same cocoon as 66]  
       
       
   
68] other cocoon - 20/06/2015   69] same cocoon as 68]  
       
       
       
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