Can you identify this butterfly please?

[CGH]

Hello,

I also think it is Didtmaeformia didyma didyma (= Melitaea didyma didyma).
You can see photos in http://digilander.iol.it/leps/ (Didtmaeformia didyma
meridionalis) and
http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoi
dea/nymphalidae/melitaeinae/melitaea/didyma-1mu.jpg.

Christophe

D Marven <marven at home.com> a écrit dans le message :
39666EEB.D4C89B15 at home.com...
> Hi Bill
> Looks like a Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma didyma) to me, but then
> i'm no expert on french butterflies. Derrick
>
> Derrick Marven
> Duncan, B.C.
> Canada
>
> Bill Grange wrote:
> >
> > I would be very grateful if anyone is able to identify a butterfly I
have
> > recently photograped in France. My picture can be found at:
> >
> > http://www.elmgrove2.freeserve.co.uk/query.htm
> >
> > Some data missing from the caption - The wing diameter is approx. 4cm.
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Bill Grange
> >
> > Website: http://www.elmgrove2.freeserve.co.uk