Biology:Pyronia bathseba

From HandWiki
Revision as of 10:08, 14 August 2022 by imported>WikiG (correction)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Short description: Species of butterfly


Spanish gatekeeper
Ocellé rubanné-4969.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pyronia
Species:
P. bathseba
Binomial name
Pyronia bathseba
(Fabricius, 1793)[1]
Pyronia bathseba distribution.png
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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q2041559 entry