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Field Notes

Cluj, Romania, June 2006

Valais, Switzerland, June 2006

Var, France, May 2006

Var, France, May 2006

Var, France, May 2006

Alpes de Haute Provence, France, May 2005

Valais, Switzerland, July 2005

Valais, Switzerland, July 2005

Valais, Switzerland, June 2004

Ground colour variation visible - post discal band is clearly darker orange.

Macedonia, Greece, May 2004

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Flying with M. arduinna, this is a strange form of pheobe.

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Underside of butterfly above.

Macedonia, Greece, July 2004

Another strange variety found in company of M. arduinna.

Provence, France, May 2002

Ground colour variation visible - post discal band is clearly darker orange.

Montes Universales, Spain, August 2003

Broken black borders to white discal band clearly visible.

Valais, Switzerland, July 2003

Awful photo of very old female but it shows the extreme variegation in orange
ground colour across the wings.

A highly variable species. It is characterised by the broken black lines that border the discal band on the underside (a feature it shares with the Glanville, Spotted and Lesser Spotted Fritillaries, M. cinxia, M. didyma and M. trivia and the rare Aetherie and Freyer's Fritillaries, M. aetherie and M. arduinna), striped appearance on the upperside caused by changes in ground colour of the bands crossing both wings and the lack of black spots in the post discal band on the underside hindwing (separating it from cinxia and arduinna).

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