Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
ANDALUCIA, 25 March - 3 April 2017 in the company of David Dennis, from Almeria north to Baza, then westwards skirting the northern edge of the snow-capped Sierra Nevada before heading to the south coast at Almunecar, and finally back east to the Cabo de Gata recording 47 species of butterfly along the way. Thanks go to Javier Olivares and Jose Miguel Barea-Azcon for their invaluable site assistance and most pleasant company
ANDALUCIA, March/April 2017 in the company of David Dennis and joined by Javier Olivares and Jose Miguel Barea-Azcon
Spanish Festoon, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Spanish Festoon, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Spanish Festoon, as in the previous photograph
Spanish Festoon, near Velez de Benaudalla, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Large White, Almunecar, Granada, Spain, 1 April 2017
Green-veined White, Rio Fardes south of Alicun de las Torres, Granada, Spain, 28 March 2017
Bath White, near Padul, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Western Dappled White, near Padul, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Western Dappled White, Rio Genil valley, Gueja Sierra, Granada, Spain, 30 March 2017
Western Dappled White, freshly emerged, near Padul, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Portuguese Dappled White, Hoya de Baza, Granada, Spain, 27 March 2017
Green-striped White, Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Spain, 3 April 2017
a colourful addition to the white gypsum ground
Spanish Greenish Black-tip, male, a species endemic to Spain seen at the Hoya de Baza, Granada, Spain, on 27 March 2017. The next four photos are of the same insect
Spanish Greenish Black-tip 'caught' in flight as it sped away on the wind
Spanish Greenish Black-tip
Spanish Greenish Black-tip
Spanish Greenish Black-tip
A small attractive member of the Rock-rose family growing here at the Hoya de Baza
Orange-tip, male, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Provence (aka Moroccan) Orange-tip, male, near Padul, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Desert Orange-tip, female, at a coastal site in Eastern Malaga, Spain, 31 March 2017. The next four photos were taken at the same location
Desert Orange-tip, male
Desert Orange-tips, female on the left
Desert Orange-tip, female
Desert Orange-tip, male
near Torrox on the south coast
Granada, Spain
Clouded Yellow, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Berger's Clouded Yellow, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Brimstone, female, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Cleopatra, male, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Wood White, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Green Hairstreak, Hoya de Baza, Granada, Spain, 27 March 2017
Green Hairstreak, Hoya de Baza, Granada, Spain, 27 March 2017
Provence Hairstreak, Hoya de Baza, Granada, Spain, 27 March 2017
Provence Hairstreak, near Padul, Granada, Spain, 31 March 2017
Provence Hairstreak, female, Prado Negro, Sierra de Huetor, Granada, Spain, 29 March 2017
Small Copper, Alicun de las Torres, Granada, Spain, 28 March 2017
Long-tailed Blue, male, Dudar, Granada, Spain, 30 March 2017
Long-tailed Blue, Dudar, Granada, Spain, 30 March 2017
Geranium Bronze, Salobrena, Granada, Spain, 2 April 2017
Geranium Bronze, Salobrena, Granada, Spain, 2 April 2017
Lang's Short-tailed Blue, Almunecar, Granada, Spain, 1 April 2017
Common Tiger Blue, male, Cabo de Gata, Almeria, Spain, 2 April 2017. The next four photos are from the same location
Common Tiger Blue, male
Common Tiger Blue, female
Common Tiger Blue, female, dark form