![Photo: bacchus19.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus19.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus33.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus33.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
Field notes and information
One of the 5 taxa formerly considered subspecies of H. wyssii but revealed as full species by DNA analysis.
Identification & Similar species: From the five western Canary Islands Spain. The following five very similar species can be identified by the island they inhabit:
H. tamadabae from Gran Canaria.
H. wyssii from Tenerife.
H. tilosi from La Palma.
H. gomera from Gomera.
H. bacchus from Hierro.
Distribution & Flight: Very local on the northern slopes of El Hierro. Flies in August.
Habitat & Behaviour: Inhabits vineyards and nearby scrubby slopes and farmland. Frequently settles on leaves and trunks of vines and other fruit trees.
![Photo: bacchus38.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus38.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus39.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus39.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus36.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus36.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus34.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus34.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus24.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus24.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus5.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus5.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus56.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus56.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus57.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus57.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus54.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus54.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus30.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus30.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus41.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus41.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus15.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus15.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus16.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus16.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus31.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus31.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus37.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus37.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus40.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus40.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus8.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus8.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus46.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus46.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus28.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus28.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus47.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus47.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021
![Photo: bacchus17.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus17.jpg)
![Photo: bacchus43.jpg](../pics/b/bacchus43.jpg)
El Hierro, Spain, August 2021