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Melitaea deione - Provencal Fritillary 

Melitaea-deione-provencal-fritillary | PTKbutterflies
Melitaea-deione-provencal-fritillary | PTKbutterflies

The usual form, (the one on the left a female), is seen only occasionally in my experience of trying to find for a butterfly photo. Even more unusual is the Swiss subspecies berisalii depicted below, with obviously darker markings. 

Melitaea-deione-provencal-fritillary | PTKbutterflies
Melitaea-deione-provencal-fritillary | PTKbutterflies

Below is a butterfly photograph of an example I took in Andolucia in 2019

Melitaea-deione-provencal-fritillary | PTKbutterflies
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