Adult (female laying eggs), Castel Fusano (Roma), Italy, March 26, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (female), Gran Sasso (L'Aquila), Italy, June 1999
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Beetsterzwaag, The Netherlands, April 2, 2004
(Photo by Tymo Muus, The Magic World of Butterflies)

Adult (male), Vivaro (Roma), Italy, April 2000
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Adult (male), August 2002
(Photo by Mike Jennings)

Adult (female), Almaceda, Castelo Branco, Portugal, June 29, 2003
(Photo by Paulo Henrique Lopes Rodrigues)

Larva, Castel Fusano (Roma), Italy, April 19, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Larva, Rohoznik, Slovakia, May 2001
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Larva (pupating)
(Photo by Zlatko Liber, Schmetterlinge aus Mitteleuropa - www.lepidoptera.ch)

Larva (pupating)
(Photo by Zlatko Liber, Schmetterlinge aus Mitteleuropa - www.lepidoptera.ch)

Egg, Plogonnec (Finistère), France, April 22, 2004
(Photo by Philippe Mothiron, Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Français)

Eggs, Castel Fusano (Roma), Italy, March 26, 2006
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)

Larval foodplant, Castel Fusano (Roma), Italy, March 26, 2006. Rhamnus alaternus
(Photo by Paolo Mazzei)