Glanville Fritillary (Melitaea cinxia)

A sleeping Glanville Fritillary in a wet meadow.

A sleeping Glanville Fritillary in a wet meadow.

A sleeping Glanville Fritillary in a wet meadow.

A sleeping Glanville Fritillary in a wet meadow.

Mélitée du plantain posé sur un talus le long d'une petite route. Aude, France...Glanville Fritillary resting on a slope along a small road. Aude, France.

Mélitée du plantain posé sur un talus le long d'une petite route. Aude, France...Glanville Fritillary resting on a slope along a small road. Aude, France.

Glanville Fritillary gathering nectar of thyme flowers at the edge of a path near the slab ammon to Digne-les-Bains.

Glanville Fritillary resting on apple mint in a wet meadow.

Glanville Fritillaries mating on an apple mint in a wet meadow.

Glanville Fritillary gathering nectar of a buttercup flower in a wet meadow.

Glanville Fritillary gathering nectar of a buttercup flower in a wet meadow.

Glanville Fritillary resting on a Wood Scabious flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Glanville Fritillary resting on a buttercup flower in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Glanville Fritillaries mating on a blade of grass in a calcareous meadow. Limousin, France.

Glanville Fritillary taking a sun bath, resting on a bracken fern. Limousin, France.

Glanville Fritillary resting on a flower bud in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.