Pyronia bathseba
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| Spanish gatekeeper | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pyronia |
| Species: | P. bathseba
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| Binomial name | |
| 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
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
The larvae feed on Poaceae species, mainly Brachypodium species.
References
- ^ "Pyronia Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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