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Hamearis lucina

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

Male

Valais, Switzerland, May 2005

Female showing more orange than the male.

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

Savoie, France, May 2005

Jura, France, May 2005

Jura, France, June 2004

Hampshire, UK, June 2002

Kozani, Greece, May 2004

Provence, France, June 2003

Found at 2000m altitude

Valais, Switzerland, April 2003

Hampshire, UK, June 2002

Valais, Switzerland, April 2003

This is Europe's sole representative of the large family of Metal Marks, Riodinidae. This group is best represented in south America but it does extent to most other parts of the world. In Europe it is widespread in central Europe, extending southwards into Greece in east.

Its English name is misleading as it isn't one of the true Fritillaries of the family Nymphalidae. The orange ground colour with black markings is however similar.