Biology:Pyronia bathseba

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Spanish gatekeeper
Scientific classification edit
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Binomial name
Pyronia bathseba
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio bathseba
  • Papilio pasiphae
  • Epinephele pasiphae
  • Maniola bathseba

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

The wingspan is 18–19 mm. The butterfly is on wing from May to July depending on the location.

Biology

The larvae feed on Poaceae species, mainly Brachypodium species.

References

  1. "Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q2041559 entry