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Maniola nurag

Sardinian Meadow Brown

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Sardinia, Italy, May 2003

 

Sardinia, Italy, May 2003
 

Sardinia, Italy, May 2003
 

Sardinia, Italy, May 2003
 

Sardinia, Italy, May 2003

 

Confined to Sardinia. It is not uncommon at higher altitudes on Mt Gennargentu. It starts flying in mid May. It is superficially similar to the Meadow Brown, Maniola jurtina which also flies on this island, although in our experience jurtina was confined to lower altitudes and we never saw them both flying together. In overall appearance nurag has much more extensive orange on the upperside, slightly warmer than jurtina and the underside coloration is more uniform. As can be seen from the photographs above it is a rather variable species like most of the other Maniola species.

 

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