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