Zygaena corsica
         
Corsican Burnet  
La Zygène tyrrhénienne   
           
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena corsica alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   2] same specimen as 1]
 
 
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1]   4] other male alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
       
       
   
5] other male alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] other male alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   8] other male alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
       
       
   
9] female of Zygaena corsica alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   10] same specimen as 9]
 
 
       
       
   
11] same specimen as 9]   12] same specimen as 9]  
       
       
   
13] same specimen as 9]
 
  14] female looking for a suitable place for egg-laying alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
       
       
   
15] same female as 14] laying its eggs on Helichrysum italicum alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   16] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 15]
 
 
       
       
   
17] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 15]   18] close-up of the clutch laid by the female from picture 15]  
       
       
   
19] mating pair (female on the left) alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   20] same pair as 19]
 
 
       
       
 
21] other mating pair (female on the left) alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
   
   
 
22] other mating pair (female on the right) alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
       
       
   
23] same pair as 22]   24] same pair as 22]  
       
       
   
25] chrysalis found after the butterfly emerged alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024   26] other chrysalis alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024
 
 
       
       
   
27] same chrysalis as 26]   28] same chrysalis as 26]  
       
       
   
29] view of the site at alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 17/06/2024
 
  30] other view of the site at alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024  
       
       
     
31] view of one of the main host-plants, Helichrysum italicum alt.960m - Haute Corse (France) - 20/06/2024      
       
       
       
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