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Erebia gorgone

Gavarnie Ringlet

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Central Pyrenees, France, August 2003

Cryptic underside of a fresh female.

 

Central Pyrenees, France, August 2003

Seconds later the female above opened her wings.

 

Central Pyrenees, France, August 2003

Female rather worn

 

Central Pyrenees, France, August 2003

My only photograph of a male.

 


This is a high alpine species only found in a restricted range in the Pyrenees. It gets its English name from the wonderful Cirque de Gavarnie. These photographs were taken in a nearby valley at altitudes between 2000 and 2500m. The males and some females were rather worn indicating we'd missed the best of this species for the year.

 

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