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Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of butterfly species recorded in Iberian Peninsula ... with the Spanish common name ...
A good source in English is Butterflies of Menorca [5] which lists 26 species and gives data on flight period and abundance. Butterflies can be seen in all months of the year but the best months are May to September; the only butterfly not to fly in this period is the green hairstreak which usually flies from February to April, but if the ...
The wingspan is 40–45 mm. In desfontainii Godt. (= desfontainesi Bdv.), which was separated as a distinct species, because it occurs in the same districts as iberica, the proximal edge of the submarginal band of the forewing is very strongly flexuose, the distal margin bears small light rings or lunules placed in dark hastate spots; the submarginal band is almost so broad as in iberica and ...
Silver-spotted skipper, Epargyreus clarus Long-tailed skipper, Urbanus proteus Golden banded-skipper, Autochton cellus Common checkered-skipper, Pyrgus communis Beautiful beamer, Phocides belus
Hypolimnas misippus, the Danaid eggfly, [2] [3] mimic, [3] or diadem, is a widespread species of nymphalid butterfly.It is well known for polymorphism and mimicry.Males are in a singular form, appearing blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue.
Battus eracon – West-Mexican swallowtail; Battus ingenuus – Dyar's swallowtail; Battus laodamas copanae – green-patch swallowtail; Battus laodamas iopas – green-patch swallowtail
Atlantea tulita is a rare species of butterfly known by the common name Puerto Rico harlequin butterfly [2] (in Spanish, mariposa arlequín de Puerto Rico or quebradillana). This brush-footed butterfly is endemic to Puerto Rico. It is a candidate for United States federal protection as an endangered species. [2]
The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing about 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and tropical Asia with some varieties in the more northern regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow, or orange in coloration, often with black spots.