This last week we have seen a fairly large number of Pyronia batshebas on different parts of the finca, in general skulking low down about entwined twigs and branches of scrub. Today we encountered a cooperative one posing on a flower just above the house. According to the drawing of the
Spaans oranje zandoogje on the website of the Soortenbank we photographed a male Pyronia bathseba. In Spanish this butterfly is called
Lobito listado. The white stripe on the underside hindwing is distinctive for this
Spanish gatekeeper and it has an orange upperside with broad brown borders. Larvae feed on
Brachypodium grasses, tussock or bunch grasses that grow abundantly on our terrain. Apart from the Iberian Peninsula, this butterfly can be seen in North Africa and across southern France as well.
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Butterflies sighted at El Paraje´, album of photos on our facebook page
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