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S Greece, July 2018
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Montes Universales, Spain, July 2011
Field notes and information
This is a summer butterfly of roadsides and flowery places across central and southern Europe. It is often very common and is usually found feeding at flowers.
Identification & Similar species: The underside white pupilled brown spots are distinctive on the broken pale cream-brown post discal band.
Distribution & Flight: Spain to south UK and eastwards through south Poland to Greece. Also from a small area of Morocco and the islands of Corsica and Sardinia.
Habitat & Behaviour: Diverse. Grassy flowery places, waste ground, towns etc.
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Burgos, Spain, July 2011
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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Madrid, Spain, July 2011
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Ain, France, August 2018
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Huesca, Spain, July 2017
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S Greece, July 2018
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S Greece, July 2018
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Corisca, France, July 2012
With a common blue Polyommatus icarus.
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Burgos, Spain, July 2011
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Montes Universales, Spain, July 2011
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Gennargentu, Sardinia, Italy, July 2015
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Var, France, July 2010