Just back from a week in the Dolomites - I should be so lucky
![Mr. Green :mrgreen:](./images/smilies/icon_mrgreen.gif)
The meadow at the top of the Vigo funiculare was positively heaving with butterflies
![Very Happy :D](./images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif)
Shepherd's Frit :
The bluish cast on freshly eclosed female Mountain Frits is seriously beautiful, but difficult to catch adequately in a photograph ( for me, anyway
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
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The underside is much greyer than Shepherd's:
I went back to a place in the Costalunga Pass, where I found a worn Asian Fritillary last year. Delighted to find a much fresher specimen, which was very obliging:
Any comments on the napea/pales issue would be very welcome.
More later...
Tony M.