Near Huétor Tajar, Granada Province, Spain.

Back on the Olive fields looking for the Butterflies again. 

Second Municipal Lock down Day 41.

 

Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia).

After finding a couple of new butterflies for the patch yesterday I decided to go back and see if I could get some better shots of the Green-Striped Whites (Euchloe belemia) and the Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus). 

Green-Striped White (Euchloe belemia).

The wind was better than yesterday but the sky was full of Sahara dust and the sun didn't get through very strongly which I thought might help but the White's were still very active as were the Common / Southern Blues (Polyommatus icarus / celina) and Clouded Yellows (Colias corcea).

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

Eventually one and only one of the Whites sat a couple of times and gave me the chance to get some shots and fortunately it was the one I wanted and I was pleased to get upper and under-wing pictures.

Provence Hairstreak (Tomares ballus).

As I walked back I also had a couple of Provence Hairstreaks in the same spot as yesterday, this is a species that is never common and is very local in small colonies. 

Linaria micrantha.

I also found a very small Linaria micrantha which was a new species for me and a couple of spikes of Fan-lipped Orchid (Anacamptis collina).