Common blue male exposing its wings in the sun, resting on a dewy apple mint in a wet meadow.
Nymph of Conehead mantis male resting on a shrub in dry calcareous hillside. Limousin, France.
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.
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 paire mating, female on left, male on right, upon a rock on a steep hillside.