Peloppensos, Greece, June 2013
Peloppensos, Greece, June 2013
Field notes and information
Identification & Similar species: Unmistakable. The hindwings are devoid of markings.
Distribution & Flight: Local from FYROM, Albania, Greece and many of the Greek islands in the eastern Aegean. Single brooded from late April to June.
Habitat & Behaviour: Dry rocky grassy places. It flies very rapidly in open country where it rests on rocks and is very hard to approach. When feeding they let their guard down enough to take pictures.
Kozani, Greece, May 2004
NW Greece, July 2016
NW Greece, July 2016
NW Greece, August 2008
Normally only single brooded, this is a very very late specimen or evidence of a partial second brood.
Peloppensos, Greece, June 2013
Peloppensos, Greece, June 2013
Pelopennesos, Greece, June 2002
Samos, Greece, June 2018
Larval food plant: Almond Leaved Pear Pyrus spinosa.
NW Greece, August 2008
Samos, Greece, June 2002