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Euphydryas (Hypodryas) intermedia

Asian Fritillary

Field Notes

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Valais, Switzerland, June 2009
Also with False Heath Fritillary, Meliteae diamina and Cranberry Blue, Vaccinium optilete

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2009
Habitat - the larval food plants grow amongst the scrub.

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007
Female

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007
Pair courting high up in a pine tree.

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007
Larval food plant: Lonicera caerulea

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2007
A flutter of photographers.

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

 

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

 

East Switzerland, July 2003

 

East Switzerland, July 2003
 

East Switzerland, July 2003

 

This is a very local butterfly flying in the Alps from Savoie and neighbouring départements in France, southern and eastern Switzerland, Austria to Slovenia and Italy. It is always very local and generally uncommon.

The butterfly also flies further east from the Ural mountains and eastwards across Asia. This is surely the origin of it its English name - Asian Fritillary.

 

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