Zygaena nevadensis
         
     
La Zygène des gesses  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Zygaena nevadensis - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009


 
  2] same specimen as 1], showing the dark border of the hindwing. The grey scaling covers caudally the half of the wing brim (from the apex to the middle) and stops abruptly which is an essential feature for identifying this species  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1]   4] same specimen as 1]  
       
       
   
5] male - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   6] same specimen as 5]  
       
       
   
7] male - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   8] same specimen as 7]  
       
       
   
9] same specimen as 7]   10] male - Hautes alpes (France) - 22/06/2013  
       
       
   
11] other male - Hautes alpes (France) - 22/06/2013   12] same specimen as 11]  
       
       
   
13] female of Zygaena nevadensis - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   14] same specimen as 13]
 
 
       
       
   
15] other specimen - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011   16] same specimen as 15]
 
 
       
       
   
17] same specimen as 15]
 
  18] other specimen - Alpes de Haute Provence (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
   
19] female - Hautes alpes (France) - 22/06/2013   20] other female - Hautes alpes (France) - 25/06/2013  
       
       
   
21] mating pair (female on the left) - Alpes maritimes (France) - 05/06/2012   22] same scene as 21]
 
 
       
       
   
23] same scene as 21] (female above)   24] same scene as 21] (female above)  
   
   
 
25] same scene as 21]      
       
       
   
26] female resting on Lathyrus canescens, the main foodplant used for egg-laying - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009   27] view of Lathyrus canescens - Drôme (France) - 18/05/2009
 
 
       
       
 
28] habitat in the Alpes de Haute Provence alt.1650m (France) - 16/06/2011  
       
       
       
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