Sightings - South Of France Part 4
Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2015 6:40 pm
What follows are the remaining photos from the Parc Du Mercantour.
We walked around the lake close to Relais des Merveilles where we enjoyed a large number of Lycaenidae puddling (of which I do have a number of requests for ID confirmation if anyone can kindly help). Most numerous were Scarce Coppers and having never seen this species before, it was a delight to see so many.
First encounter by the lake was this Fritillary, which I believe is daphne.
Sorry about the quality of the 2nd shot. Then a Pyrgus, which I'm hoping is foulquieri Brown Argus Lang's Short Tailed Blue Long Tailed Blue with possibly dorylas (Turquoise)?? coridon Chalkhill Blue Are these next two escheri ?? Southern White Admiral One of the last butterflies seen before departure was my target species of the day, Apollo. Poor image as it never settled for more than a couple of seconds, but a nice record shot nonetheless. Now with my lycaenidae requests My final installment will take me to the Bay of Cannes
Regards Kev
We walked around the lake close to Relais des Merveilles where we enjoyed a large number of Lycaenidae puddling (of which I do have a number of requests for ID confirmation if anyone can kindly help). Most numerous were Scarce Coppers and having never seen this species before, it was a delight to see so many.
First encounter by the lake was this Fritillary, which I believe is daphne.
Sorry about the quality of the 2nd shot. Then a Pyrgus, which I'm hoping is foulquieri Brown Argus Lang's Short Tailed Blue Long Tailed Blue with possibly dorylas (Turquoise)?? coridon Chalkhill Blue Are these next two escheri ?? Southern White Admiral One of the last butterflies seen before departure was my target species of the day, Apollo. Poor image as it never settled for more than a couple of seconds, but a nice record shot nonetheless. Now with my lycaenidae requests My final installment will take me to the Bay of Cannes
Regards Kev