Lepidigi
Butterflies of Europe and the Tropics
SLOVENIA & WEST HUNGARY, a trip organised by Mike Williams in the company of Szabolcs Safian, Lajos Nemeth and others, August 2010
1 August
from Mount Mangart, 1 August
2 August
3 August
4 August
summit, 6 August
in Slovenia en route from Mount Nanos to the coast at Trieste, 6 August
the famous polje in Slovenia on 7 August
in the Orseg NP, Hungary, traditional country dancing, 8 August
country lane near Szoce, 10 August
Scoze, Orseg NP, 10 August
near Kondorfa in the Orseg NP, 11 August
Dusky Grizzled Skipper, Mount Mangart, Slovenia, 1 August
Tufted Marbled Skipper, at the western end of the Orseg National Park, Hungary, 11 August
Tufted Marbled Skipper, as in the previous photo
Tufted Marbled Skipper, Kercaszomor meadows, Orseg NP, Hungary, 8 August
Silver-spotted Skipper, Orfalu, Orseg NP, 9 August
Large Chequered Skipper, Oriszentpeter NP Centre, Orseg, 9 August
Blue-spot Hairstreak, Supca, Vrsic Pass, Slovenia, 2 August
Brown Hairstreak, Kercaszomor meadows, Orseg NP, 8 August
Brown Hairstreak, same insect
Large Copper, female, Orfalu farm, Orseg, 9 August
Large Copper, Orfalu farm, Orseg, 9 August
Scarce Copper, female, Szoce, eastern Orseg NP, 10 August
Sooty Copper, male, Oriszentpeter, Orseg NP, 9 August
Sooty Copper, Ukanc, eastern end of lake Bohinj, Slovenia, 2 August
Purple-edged Copper, Cerknica polje, Slovenia, 7 August
Purple-edged Copper, also at Cerknica
Short-tailed Blue, male, Szoce, eatern Orseg NP, 10 August
Short-tailed Blue, Oriszentpeter, Orseg NP, 9 August
Alcon Blue, Cerknica, Slovenia, 7 August
Alcon Blue ova on Cross-leaved Gentian, Mount Nanos, Slovenia, 6 August
Scarce Large Blue, Kercaszomor, Orseg NP, Hungary, 8 August, and the following 5 photos
Scarce Large Blue, female ovipositing
Scarce Large Blue
Scarce Large Blue on larval host plant, Sanguisorba officinalis
Scarce Large Blue
Scarce Large Blue
Dusky Large Blue, also at Kercaszomor on 8 August
Dusky Large Blue, covered in early morning dew, Kondorfa, Orseg NP, 8 August
Chequered Blue, Kneskeravne near Tolmin, Julian Alps, Slovenia, 4 August
Silver-studded Blue, Podgorski hills, karst region, Slovenia, 5 August
Silver-studded Blue, same location and date as the prvious shot
Idas Blue, meadows south of Trenta, Slovenia, 2 August
Chapman's Blue, aberrant on eryngium, Podgorski hills, Slovenia, 5 August,
Meleager's Blue, female, also in the Podgorski hills, 5 August
Meleager's Blue, as for the previous photo
Chalkhill Blue, Podgorski hills, 5 August
Chalkhill Blue, as previously