Thank you David

That orange colouration to the palps does look significant.

Thank you bugboy and Jack

I had listed this butterfly seen in the Cevennes, France, in the 2nd half of May, as Heath Fritillary. But after reading notes from David M, I am wondering if it is the Provencal Fritillary.

Any thoughts / pointers?

Thanks David. That looks good. The owner of the gite where this was found thinks the flower it was on is Winter Savory ... "a classic ingredient of 'herbes de Provence"

Any suggestions on this butterfly from Gard, Cevennes, France last month?

Sorry, no underside view.
Thanks

I've been encouraged to join this forum and browse the pictures here to check out my suggestion of a way of distinguishing between the females of Adonis Blue and Chalkhill Blue. It seems to me that the Adonis Blue has about 20 or 21 white rings on each antenna, whereas for the Chalkhill Blue the cou...