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Pyronia cecilia

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Var, France, August 2004

 

High Atlas, Morocco, July 2005

 

 

High Atlas, Morocco, July 2005

 

 

Var, France, August 2004

 

Provence, France, August 2003

 

Provence, France, August 2003
 

Provence, France, August 2001
 

Catalonia, Spain, August 2003

 

The underside is a distinctive grey-white and dark brown giving a marbled appearance. The male upperside is very distinctive. The scent band extends almost from the base of the wing to form a leaf like brown marking - the veins of the wing forming the veins of the leaf.

It is found in Spain and southern France extending south eastwards in increasingly isolated areas and appearing to become more local and uncommon. It can be common in southern France and Spain though flying from as early as June and throughout the summer in a single brood. Usually it flies in dry grassy places but with trees or other forms of shelter such as houses, small valleys, low rock faces etc.

 

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