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