Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
CATALONIA at the border between France and Spain, based in Prats de Mollo le Preste, with Alan Bernard in late August / early September 2016
CATALONIA, August/September 2016, a late season trip to the French-Spanish border area with Alan Bernard
village street, Eastern Pyrenees, France, 30 August
Swallowtail, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Green-veined White, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Clouded Yellow, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
looking north from the Col d'Ares, France, 27 August
Berger's Clouded Yellow, Col 'Ares, France (just), 2 September
Cleopatra, La Vajol, Spain, 1 September
Wood Whites, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Purple Hairstreak, Tapis, Spain, 1 September
Small Copper, Les Conques, France, 26 August
looking back down to the ski station, 27 August
Scarce Copper, Vallter 2000, Spain, 27 August
Sooty Copper, Saint-Sauveur, France, 26 August
Lang's Short-tailed Blue, Can Damond, France, 1 September
the same butterfly as in the previous photo
Short-tailed Blue, Saint-Sauveur, France, 28 August
Provencal Short-tailed Blue, Beget, Spain, 30 August
view down the La Preste valley, 28 August
Holly Blue, Grabodeille, France, 28 August
Brown Argus, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Brown Argus, Vallter 2000, Spain, 27 August
Brown Argus, L'Orator, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Chalk-hill Blue, La Vajol, Spain, 1 September
same insect as in the previous photo
Provence Chalk-hill Blue (I think...), Col d'Ares, France, 27 August
Provence Chalk-hill Blue (?), Col d'Ares, France, 27 August
just through Rocabruna, Spain, a top site, 30 August
Adonis Blue (some doubt), female, L'Orator, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Adonis Blue, L'Orator, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Adonis Blue, female, L'Orator, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Adonis Blue, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Common Blue, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
Common Blue, female, Col d'Ares, France, 2 September
Common Blue, female, Col d'Ares, France, 2 September
France, 29 August
Two-tailed Pasha, Gorges de Lavall, Sorede, France, 29 August
Two-tailed Pasha, near Tapis, Spain, 1 September
plantation, Gorges de Lavall,
Southern White Admiral, nectaring on the buddleia that infests the region, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August
White Admiral, near Tapis, Spain, 1 September
Comma, doing its best not to be seen, Col d'Ares, France, 2 September
Silver-washed Fritillary, Serralongue, France, 2 September
Weaver's Fritillary, high up above a stream, near Tapis, Spain, 1 September
at the end of the road, past Serralongue, France, 2 September
Spotted Fritillary, Serralongue, France, 2 September
Provencal Fritillary, female, Serralongue, France, 2 September
Provencal Fritillary, as in the previous photo
Iberian Marbled White, Serralongue, France, 2 September
as in the previous photo
Woodland Grayling, L'Orator track, Rocabruna, Spain, 30 August