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APATURA ILIA - LESSER PURPLE EMPEROR


Zagreb. Croatia. 03.08.2020.
 Very much attracted to sweat. I could not get rid of this butterfly once it discovered how good I tasted! Zagreb. Croatia. 03.08.2020.
Costacciaro, Umbria. 30.07.15.
Zagreb, Croatia. 14.08.14. (For pictures taken in Italy, see below)
Zagreb, Croatia. 14.08.14.
Costacciaro, Umbria. 04.09.13. After my failed attempts earlier in the season to get good photos of this species, |I was lucky enough to encounter some second brood adults while passing through north-east Umbria.
Costacciaro, Umbria 04.09.13.
Costacciaro, Umbria 04.09.13.
Cosatcciaro, Umbria 04.09.13.
Costacciaro, Umbria 04.09.13. Costacciaro, Umbria 30.07.15
 Sarajevo, Bosnia. 26.07.13.  Not a good photo, I'm afraid, but my first of this species, from Bosnia.


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