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Coenonympha arcanioides

Moroccan Pearly Heath

Field Notes

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Peter Rowlings

Middle Atlas, Morocco, May 1998

 

This is a north African specialist. It is found in Morocco and Algeria from the southern coast of the Mediterranean and inland perhaps to 100 or 200km only. We found it at its southern limit in the northern Middle Atlas mountains of Morocco. It flew in very dry places amongst sparse scrub containing patches of dried up grasses. It appeared to like sitting on rocks and stones in hot places, although the conditions we found them in were bright but rather cold.

 

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