Picos de Europa, based in Espinama, July 2014 in the company of Alan Bernard and with invaluable locational assistance from Teresa Farino
Picos de Europa
to the north from the Mirador del Oso, Cantabria, 12 JulyPapilio machaon
Swallowtail, Las Tuercas, Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 JulyParnassius apollo
Apollo, Mirador del Oso,12 JulyTudes
track through Mediterranean-type shrubs, popular with Brimstones and Cleopatras, 14 JulyGonepteryx cleopatra
Cleopatra, Tudes, 14 JulySatyrium esculi
False Ilex Hairstreak, Tudes, 14 JulySatyrium spini
Blue-spot Hairstreak, and another lurking below, near Campollo, 14 JulyLycaena vigaureae ssp miegii
Scarce Copper, Llanaves de la Reina, 12 JulyLycaena tityrus
Sooty Copper, Espinama, 10 JulyBeges
way down below, 16 JulyEveres argiades
Short-tailed Blue, Beges, 16 JulyEveres argiades
Short-tailed Blue, Campollo, 14 JulyCupido minimus
Small Blue, Beges, 16 JulyMostajal bog
Cantabria, 16 JulyMaculinea nausithous
Dusky Large Blue, Mostajal bog, Cantabria, 16 JulyPlebejus argus
Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 JulyPlebejus argus
Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 JulyFuente De
view from the top of the cable car, 11 JulyFuente De
fantastically atmospheric 'world' home to chamois, Lefebvre's Ringlet and Gavarnie Blue, 11 JulyAndrosace villosa
larval host plant of the Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De,11 July
Agriades pyrenaicus
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 JulyAgriades pyrenaicus
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 JulyAgriades pyrenaicus
Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 JulyLizard
atop Fuente De, 11 JulyCyaniris semiargus
Mazarine Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyAgrodiaetus dolus
Furry Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyFuente De
sheer rock face c800 metres high from the cable car station to the top, 10 JulyAgrodiaetus escheri
Escher's Blue, base of Fuente De massif, 10 JulyAgrodiaetus ripartii
Ripart's Anomalous Blue, Las Tuercas, 15 JulyPlebicula dorylas
Turquoise Blue, Mostajal, Cantabria, 16 JulyPlebicula dorylas
the same insect as in the previous photoLysandra coridon
Chalk-hill Blue, Tudes, 14 JulyLysandra coridon
as in the previous photoLysandra bellargus
Adonis Blue, Campollo, 14 JulyLysandra bellargus
Adonis Blue, Pido, 11 JulyPolyommatus icarus
Common Blue, female, Pido, 13 JulyPolyommatus icarus
Common Blues, Tudes, 14 JulyLas Tuercas
Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 JulyLimenitis reducta
Southern White Admiral, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyPolygonum c-album
Comma, Pido, 13 JulyArgynnis pandora
Cardinal, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyArgynnis pandora
the same butterfly as shown in the previous photoEspinama meadows
10 JulyArgynnis paphia
Silver-washed Fritillary, male, Espinama meadows. 10 JulyArgynnis paphia form valezina
Silver-washed Fritillary, female, Espinama, 10 JulyMountains
behind Pido and across the valley from Espinama, 13 JulyArgynnis aglaja
Dark Green Fritillary, Espinama, 10 JulyArgynnis aglaja
Dark Green Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyArgynnis adippe
High Brown Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyIssoria lathonia
Queen of Spain Fritillary, las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 JulyShow More