Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting on a plantain in a meadow. Gard, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary gathering nectar of a creeping thistle flower. Pyrénées Orientales, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary gathering nectar of alfafa flowers. Pyrénées Orientales, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary female resting on a leaf of mint in a wet meadow. Pyrénées Orientales, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary female resting on a leaf of mint in a wet meadow. Pyrénées Orientales, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting in a meadow. Drôme, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting in a meadow. Drôme, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary female gathering nectar of apple mint flowers in a wet meadow. Limousin, France.

Melitaea didyma

A caterpillar of Spotted Fritillary coming to shedding its skin. Above, the remains of its exoskeleton, its exuviae. Limousin, France.

Melitaea didyma

A caterpillar of Spotted Fritillary coming to shedding its skin. Above, the remains of its exoskeleton, its exuviae. Limousin, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary with open wings resting on a grass in a wet meadow. Limousin, France..

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting on plant in a calcareous grassland. Lot, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary gathering nectar of a common fleabane flower. Lot, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillaries mating on salad burnet. Lot, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillaries mating on salad burnet. Lot, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary resting on a flower head alfalfa. Vercors, France.

Melitaea didyma

Spotted Fritillary gathering nectar of knapwwed flower. Limousin, France.