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Melitaea diamina
A distinctive smaller fritillary. This butterfly flies from low levels to high mountain meadows.
Mountain meadow, 1800 m above sea level.
Thanks for your ID suggestion Kristen! I'll take it on. A much better match than any of the Hesperiidae. Some individuals on these pictures are virtually identical to mine. I've used the eurobutterflies.com site before and it's fantastic!
Alice, I went through a whole list of European Hesperiidae. It comes close to a checkered skipper but I not convinced...
Spotted on Jun 16, 2011
Submitted on Jun 27, 2011
