Pyronia bathseba
| Spanish gatekeeper | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pyronia |
| Species: | P. bathseba |
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| Pyronia bathseba | |
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Pyronia bathseba, the Spanish gatekeeper, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in France, Morocco, and Algeria. A similar gatekeeper species is Pyronia tithonus, which is found in northern Europe.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The butterfly is on wing from May to July depending on the location.
Male
Male underside
Female
Female underside
Biology
[edit]The larvae feed on Poaceae species, mainly Brachypodium species.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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