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An Orange Tip male resting on ground-ivy.

Slender Burnet female resting on grass in a dry calcareous meadow.

Slender Burnets mating on a grass in an alpine meadow. The female has her wings lighter than the male.

Scarce Swallowtail landed on the edge of a small path. Limousin, France.

Swallowtail gathering nectar of Lavender flowers . Drôme, France.

Scarce Swallowtail resting on a flower of Arabian pea. Drôme, France.

Male swallowtail resting on a rock at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. This swallowtail is the winner of the competition of the day, he's the king of the hill. Limousin, France.

Male swallowtail resting on a small burnet at the summit of an residual hill where males of various species of butterflies are competing for the best places in the sun. Limousin, France.

Common Yellow Swallowtail resting on a grass in a calcareous grassland. Limousin, France.

Common Yellow Swallowtail gathering nectar of a Wood Scabious (Knautia maxima) flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Swallowtail resting in barren area.

Common Yellow Swallowtail sucking minerals in the soil moist.

Swallowtail sitting on a spruce just after metamorphosis. We can also see the remains of the chrysalis of his neck. Vercors, France.

Blue Spot Hairstreak gathering nectar of White Stonecrop flowers. Col de Lachau, Vercors, France.

Common Blue male resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Common Blue male installed for the night on a faded knapweed.

Common blue male enjoying the last rays of sunlight of a late afternoon in a calcareous meadow.

Common blue male exposing its wings in the sun, resting on a dewy apple mint in a wet meadow.

Escher's Blue female gathering nectar of a Blue Aphyllanthes flower in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Escher's Blue female gathering nectar of a Blue Aphyllanthes flower in a wasteland. Diois, France.

Apollo Butterflies mating on spiked speedwell in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.

Apollo female foraging a flower of atuberous thistle in a small alpine meadow. Vercors, France.

Apollo female foraging a flower of a tuberous thistle in an alpine meadow. Vercors, France.

Long-tailed Blue sucking minerals in a goose droppings.

Long-tailed Blue sucking minerals in a goose droppings.

This Adonis Blue male is not like the other members of its species. It lacks a series of dots on the forewing and hindwing.

Adonis Blue male resting on a faded scabious on dry calcareous hillside.

Adonis Blue male posed in a calcareous grassland.

Adonis Blue paire mating, female on left, male on right, upon a rock on a steep hillside.

Reverdin's Blue resting on an ear of grass in a calcareous grassland.

Small Copper resting on a leaf of blackberry.

Brown Argus resting on lady's thumb in a wet meadow.