Queen of Spain Fritillary

(Issoria lathonia)

14/04/04 Rhône (69)

14/09/03 Rhône (69)

12/03/07 Rhône (69)

13/03/08 Rhône (69)

27/07/10 Rhône (69)

16/04/03 Rhône (69)

This is the first photograph I ever took of a butterfly.

The ‘mirrors’ on the undersides of the hindwings of this species are striking and unmistakable. After the harvest in late summer adults can be observed basking in amongst corn stubble; indeed this represents one of the best ways of looking for this butterfly.