Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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.
Madrid, Spain, July 2011
Malaga, Spain, May 2019
High Atlas, Morocco, August 2019
Malaga, Spain, May 2019
Madrid, Spain, July 2011
Malaga, Spain, May 2019
Malaga, Spain, May 2019
Montes Universales, Spain, July 2011
Huesca, Spain, July 2017
With P. tithonus and C. dorus, Gatekeeper and Dusky Heath
Huesca, Spain, July 2017
Prov. Malaga, Spain, July 2013
Huesca, Spain, July 2017
Prov. Malaga, Spain, May 2008
Var, France, August 2004
High Atlas, Morocco, July 2005