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Here's my guess (and it is a guess)....

Spotted Fritillary
Holly Blue
Knapweed Fritillary

Cheers

Lee

Excellent work Lee !!

The third one i am not entirely sure... it is either Knapweed Fritillary or Meadow Fritillary .... PADFIELD !!
Charles

Blimey, did I get all 3!?

Having seen Meadow (but not Knapweed), I would go for Knapweed based on what I saw but Guy should be able to say!

Cheers

Lee

Based on the slight incurve of the forewing edge ( as in HBF) I would say that's Knapweed. definitely not Meadow, potential other would be Provencal, but it isn't I think.

thanks for settling the question Paul !!

Charles

Just because my name has been taken in vain, I'll back up all the knapweed supporters!! And I'll add the submarginal lunule in s3 as more evidence. Even when other signs are ambiguous (which they aren't here) that lunule is generally indisputable.

Guy

thanks for putting the matter beyond doubt Guy

Charles

Here is one from Symi in Greece:
Charles

I suspect that one's a scarce swallowtail, even though it looks like a beautiful marble floor!

Guy

Well done Guy !!

The butterfly spent its last moments on the marble slabs of the quayside at Symi
here are two more from the same pic:
Charles

Here is a lovely daffodil...
Charles

Have bought an epson V330 scanner & have started scanning my late father's slide collection. Here is me with a Peacock butterfly
Charles

Wow Charles - that must be a very old photo..... even the deckchairs are in black and white!

Just shows that a love of butterflies can last a lifetime - I'd bet many of us were first stricken by an interest in butterflies as a child.

Trev

I know I was.

I need to get one of those scanners - I have boxes of my dad's and grandad's slides!

Cheers

Lee

glad you like the pic trev & lee.

i am very happy with the epson scanner... just right for family slides.

Charles

Leisure wear circa 1968

Charles

Well this year's butterfly expedition to the South of France begins tomorrow.
I am flying to Montpellier then picking up a long distance footpath heading west towards Toulouse.
The plan is to walk the footpath for 4 weeks then spend a week relaxing in Carcassonne ( where i have spent the last 3 years' hols ).
The route passes through the Cevennes but to the south of where DavidM reported from recently : viewtopic.php?f=20&t=5482

I will be offline for most of the journey but will upload pics & reports in due course

Hope everyone else has a super summer

Charles

Hope you have a great time Charles, I look forward to your report and photos.

Cheers

Lee

For Photoshop/Elements users, there's a free kaleidoscope plugin available from: http://www.mehdiplugins.com/english/kaleidoscope.htm

Here is an example made with Photoshop Elements 2 from an original on my website:
I downloaded this plug-in after finding that the Sumo site was not available.

Mike

Lee: thanks for your good wishes... hopefully i will get some interesting pics

MikeOxon : that's a lovely kaleidoscope pic !! sorry you did not manage to get the sumo working

Charles