Natural History Photographs

by Cor Zonneveld


Family Lycaenidae - subfamily Lycaeninae - tribe Polyommatini

genus Pseudophilotes


Pseudophilotes baton
Vernegues (Provence), France; 9 June 1990.


Pseudophilotes bavius
Emli valley (Aladag mountains), Turkey; 31 May 2008.


Pseudophilotes panoptes
Ronda, Spain; April 1982.
Peña de Oroel (south of Jaca), Spain; May 1982.
Landscape with habitat.
One of the few times I observed a butterfly feeding on Euphorbia. Why these plants are so often neglected by butterflies I don't know; the nectar is often visible with the naked eye.


Pseudophilotes vicrama
Onağil (Van), Turkey; 11 June 2010.