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