Ionian Butterfly Conservation

The Trevor Davenport Photographic Competition 2025

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Photo Number 5

1st

Southern swallowtail caterpillar, Old Perithia

Southern Swallowtail
Location: Old Perithia
Chris Stamp 21/06/24

Photo Number 8

1st

Hello!

Location: Zakynthos
Varsha Roche 09/06/23

Photo Number 30

1st

Female Meadow Brown

Meadow Brown
Location: Varypatades
Marina 29/04/25

Photo Number 33

1st

Scarce Swallowtail on Verbena Flowers

Scarce Swallowtail
Location: Kassiopi Garden
Mark Stevens 27/04/25

Photo Number 7

2nd

Playing together in the sun!

Location: Zakynthos
Varsha Roche 09/06/23

Photo Number 35

2nd

Balkan Marbled White with seascape backdrop

Balkan Marbled White
Location: Agios Stefanos headland
Ros Bowler 15/05/25

Photo Number 40

2nd

Egg laying on Scaligeria napiformis

Papilio alexanor
Location: Makrades
Andrea Baruzzi 09/05/25

Photo Number 51

2nd

Incoming Cleopatra

Cleopatra
Location: Sidari
JPByrne 14/06/24

Photo Number 1

Where’d it go!

Two-tailed Pasha
Location: Agios Stefanos (with Peter Hardiman)
Dave Cook 30/05/19

Photo Number 4

Cardinal above Old Perithia

Cardinal
Location: Old Perithia
Chris Stamp 22/06/24

Photo Number 6

Common blue male in Old Perithia

Common blue
Location: Old Perithia
Chris Stamp 21/06/25

Photo Number 9

Greek summer!

Location: Zakynthos
Varsha Roche 09/06/23

Photo Number 12

Ilex Hairstreak romance on a Pulicaria flowerhead

Satyrium ilicis, Ilex Hairstreak
Location: Corfu, Spartera, olive grove
Dr. Felix Brand 05/06/23

Photo Number 13

FlyPastBritishCemetryCorfuTown

Location: Old Perithia
MarkHOldPerithia 05/02/22

Photo Number 14

WaterBreakOldPerithia

Location: Old Perithia
MarkHOldPerithia 16/05/12

Photo Number 15

White admiral on a leaf

White admiral
Location: Near Kassiopi
Acdev 31/08/23

Photo Number 16

White admiral closed wings

White admiral
Location: Near Kassiopi
Acdev 31/08/23

Photo Number 17

Nice

Eastern baton blue?
Location: North Corfu
Matt 03/04/25

Photo Number 18

Festoon

Festoon
Location: Roda
Annie F-J 04/04/25

Photo Number 19

A Swallowtail swallowing

Scarce Swallowtail
Location: Kerasia
AngryAgna 07/04/25

Photo Number 20

Just a phone

Brown Argus
Location: Kassiopi
Hargreaves 11/04/25

Photo Number 21

A Swallowtail on the lavender in my garden on Corfu.

Swallowtail
Location: Giannades
Sandra Hellowell 05/06/23

Photo Number 22

Found today while gardening

Hyles Lifornica
Location: Agioi Douloi
Jackie Oliver 17/04/25

Photo Number 23

A wonderful meeting.

Papilio Alexanor
Location: Old Perithia
Spergis 17/05/24

Photo Number 24

Holly Blue on Pokeweed, Kassiopi

Holly Blue Butterfly, Celastrina argiolus
Location: Kassiopi Garden
Mark Stevens 18/08/24

Photo Number 25

Common Blue Butterfly on a dried August Seedhead

Common Blue Butterfly, Polyommatus Icarus
Location: Kassiopi Garden
Mark Stevens 04/08/24

Photo Number 26

Do we have to strim?

Brown argos
Location: Klismata kassiopi
Hargreaves 22/04/25

Photo Number 27

Resting on Echinacea

Painted lady
Location: Danilia, Corfu
Teresa 26/03/25

Photo Number 28

Passing the time of day

Painted lady and Red admiral
Location: Danilia, corfu
Teresa 26/03/25

Photo Number 29

Southern Swallowtail feeding

Southern Swallowtail
Location: Tsika
Spiti Petalouda 30/04/25

Photo Number 31

Southern Festoon

Southern Festoon
Location: Varypatades
Marina 22/03/25

Photo Number 32

Large Skipper

Large Skipper
Location: Klismata Kassiopi
Hargreaves 01/05/25

Photo Number 34

Female Spotted Fritillary

Spotted Fritillary (female)
Location: Old Perithia
Ros Bowler 18/05/25

Photo Number 36

Female Spotted Fritillary posing in the sunshine

Spotted Fritillary (female)
Location: Old Perithia
Ros Bowler 18/05/25

Photo Number 38

Resting in the sun

Papilio alexanor
Location: Episkepsi
Andrea Baruzzi 07/05/25

Photo Number 39

Feeding time

Papilio alexanor
Location: Episkepsi
Andrea Baruzzi 07/05/25

Photo Number 41

Southern Swallowtail egg-laying.

Southern Swallowtail
Location: Old Perithia
Phil Bowler 18/05/25

Photo Number 42

Southern White Admiral in full iridescence

Southern White Admiral
Location: Old Perithia
Phil Bowler 18/05/25

Photo Number 43

Female Spotted Fritillary looking as pretty as her male counterparts.

Spotted Fritillary
Location: Old Perithia
Phil Bowler 18/05/25

Photo Number 44

Holly Blue

Holly Blue
Location: Varypatades
Marina 25/05/25

Photo Number 45

I never knew Black-veined Whites could be so colourful

Black-veined White
Location: Hills above Karya on Lefkada
Steve Harley 12/05/25

Photo Number 46

Vying for the photographer's attention

Southern Swallowtail and Southern White Admir
Location: Hills above Karya on Lefkada
Steve Harley 12/05/25

Photo Number 47

Another beautiful lifer on Lefkada

Spotted Fritillary
Location: Near Alexandros on Lefkada
Steve Harley 17/05/25

Photo Number 49

Spotted Fritillary, posing for the Davenport Competition

Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma)
Location: Kellia
Dr. Felix Brand 14/05/25

Photo Number 50

Lang's short-tailed Blue on Lavender-leaved Anthyllis

Lang's short-tailed Blue (Leptotes pirithous)
Location: Iliodoros Beach
Dr. Felix Brand 17/05/25

Photo Number 52

Grayling Pair

Great Banded Grayling
Location: Mt Pantokrator
JPByrne 14/06/24

Photo Number 53

Marbled Flight

Balkan Marbled White
Location: Mt Pantokrator
JPByrne 14/06/24

Photo Number 54

Last moment

Scarce Swallowtail
Location: San Stefanos
Hilary 26/05/24

Photo Number 55

Found by the pool

Location: Gordios
Chloe's 28/05/25

Photo Number 56

Lounging by the pool

Location: Gordios
Chloe's 28/05/25

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