to the north from the Mirador del Oso, Cantabria, 12 July

Swallowtail, Las Tuercas, Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 July

Apollo, Mirador del Oso,12 July

track through Mediterranean-type shrubs, popular with Brimstones and Cleopatras, 14 July

Cleopatra, Tudes, 14 July

False Ilex Hairstreak, Tudes, 14 July

Blue-spot Hairstreak, and another lurking below, near Campollo, 14 July

Scarce Copper, Llanaves de la Reina, 12 July

Sooty Copper, Espinama, 10 July

way down below, 16 July

Short-tailed Blue, Beges, 16 July

Short-tailed Blue, Campollo, 14 July

Small Blue, Beges, 16 July

Cantabria, 16 July

Dusky Large Blue, Mostajal bog, Cantabria, 16 July

Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 July

Silver-studded Blue, Beges, 16 July

view from the top of the cable car, 11 July

fantastically atmospheric 'world' home to chamois, Lefebvre's Ringlet and Gavarnie Blue, 11 July

larval host plant of the Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July

Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July

Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July

Gavarnie Blue, Fuente De, 11 July

atop Fuente De, 11 July

Mazarine Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

Furry Blue, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

sheer rock face c800 metres high from the cable car station to the top, 10 July

Escher's Blue, base of Fuente De massif, 10 July

Ripart's Anomalous Blue, Las Tuercas, 15 July

Turquoise Blue, Mostajal, Cantabria, 16 July

the same insect as in the previous photo

Chalk-hill Blue, Tudes, 14 July

as in the previous photo

Adonis Blue, Campollo, 14 July

Adonis Blue, Pido, 11 July

Common Blue, female, Pido, 13 July

Common Blues, Tudes, 14 July

Villaescusa de las Torres, Cantabria, 15 July

Southern White Admiral, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

Comma, Pido, 13 July

Cardinal, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

the same butterfly as shown in the previous photo

10 July

Silver-washed Fritillary, male, Espinama meadows. 10 July

Silver-washed Fritillary, female, Espinama, 10 July

behind Pido and across the valley from Espinama, 13 July

Dark Green Fritillary, Espinama, 10 July

Dark Green Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

High Brown Fritillary, Las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July

Queen of Spain Fritillary, las Tuercas, Cantabria, 15 July