Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
FRENCH ALPS, THE MERCANTOUR AND QUEYRAS NATIONAL PARKS
12-20 July 2022 with Alan Bernard, based in Auron and then Guillestre
Photos arranged chronologically
Niobe Fritillary at a roadside stop near Rimplas, 12 July
revisited, and unchanged, after 22 years
Sooty Copper, on lavender in Rimplas, 12 July, and the following 8 photos
Brown Argus
Pearly Heath
Dusky Heath
Chalk-hill Blue
Spotted Fritillary, male
Black Satyr
Clouded Yellow
Great Sooty Satyr, male, en route to St Dalmas-le-Selvage on 13 July, and the next 9 shots
Oriental Meadow Brown? (grey underside and grey forewing margins)
Meleager's Blue
Brimstone
Blue-spot Hairstreak
Great Sooty Satyr, female
underside of the same Great Sooty Satyr
Adonis Blue
Chalk-hill Blue
Meadow Brown
spent the rest of the day here on 13 July where the following 19 butterflies and moths were seen
Marbled White
Marbled fritillary
Marbled Fritillary
selection
Six-spot Burnet
Olive Skipper
Olive skipper, the same butterfly as in the previous photo
Idas Blue
Damon Blue
Small Blue
Chalk-hill Blue, female
another Chalk-hill Blue
Spotted Fritillary, female
Chestnut Heath
Heath Fritillary
Black-veined White
Apollo
Apollo
Southern Grizzled Skipper
staying local, the stream to the west of the town from the hairpin to the ski centre, 14 July, 16 photos
Damon Blue, male
Damon Blues, female on the right
Meadow Brown - or Oriental Meadow Brown?
Cross-leaved Gentian
Marbled Fritillary, somewhat faded
Great Banded Grayling
Marmot
Knapweed Fritillary, female