David Element

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Butterflies 19 - Nymphalidae - Knapweed Fritillaries 1

                                      KNAPWEED FRITILLARY Melitaea phoebe

• The final image of the underside of a Knapweed Fritillary has been taken from a captured mini-DV still (see Butterflies 12 for an illustration of the upperside of this same butterfly) and the remaining pictures have been copied from transparencies. These beautiful fritillaries are common in the Dordogne area of southern France where these images were taken. There are several similar species which are difficult to separate in the field, or even from photographs! The origin of the common name is fairly evident from the first three pictures.

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