Melanargia occitanica
Melanargia occitanica, the western marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found in North Africa and south western Europe.
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| Melanargia occitanica Esper, 1793 | |
The length of the forewings is 25–28 mm. Seitz - M. syllius Hbst. (= occitanica Esp.) (39 d, e). At once recogniced by the veins and transverse lines forming a network of brown markings on the hindwing beneath, the large ocelli with their heavy whitish violet centres standing in between the stripes. The cell of the forewing above bears a black transverse line not far from its apex.[2]
The butterflies fly in one generation from April to June.
The larvae feed on various grasses.
References
- "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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