Butterflies from the French Alpes - Haute Savoie

[wollastoni]

I spent a nice week in July in Haute Savoie (French Alpes) above the Annecy Lake. Mountains go from 1000m to 4800m there (Mont Blanc).
I spent a lot of time in the best altitudes (1000/2000m) to picture butterflies.

Some of these pictures :

Parnassius apollo: common




Maculinea telejus (ab. basiflava) : rare


Polyommatus coridon : common


Lassiomata maera : common


Maculinea arion obscura : rare


Lycaena hippothoe hippothoe : not common


Leptidea sinapis : common


Cyanyris semiargus : common


Aglais urticae caterpillar : common


Papilio machaon: common
IMG_5129 by opequin, sur Flickr

Aporia crataegi:common


Satyrium spini : common


and a nice horsefly :


Hope you will like this small field report.

[trehopr1]

Wonderful photographic report !

You certainly had a nice variety of butterflies to encounter and unbelievable scenery to enhance the experience.

Thanks for sharing...