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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
Field notes and information
A species of hot dry grasslands in Mediterranean regions. It can be very common.
Identification & Similar species: The mottled underside hindwing is distinctive. The male sex brand is also distinctive, the orange wing veins resembling the veins of a leaf.
Distribution & Flight: North Africa and Mediterranean regions from Spain, France, Italy to Greece. Flies from June to August.
Habitat & Behaviour: Hot dry rocky grasslands and scrub. Often takes shade in the heat of the day, below bushes, base of grass tufts, sheltered gullies, rock faces etc.
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Madrid, Spain, July 2011
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Malaga, Spain, May 2019
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High Atlas, Morocco, August 2019
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Malaga, Spain, May 2019
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Madrid, Spain, July 2011
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Malaga, Spain, May 2019
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Malaga, Spain, May 2019
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Montes Universales, Spain, July 2011
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
With P. tithonus and C. dorus, Gatekeeper and Dusky Heath
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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Prov. Malaga, Spain, July 2013
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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Prov. Malaga, Spain, May 2008
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Var, France, August 2004
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High Atlas, Morocco, July 2005