Coenonympha arcanioides
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Coenonympha arcanioides from Adalbert Seitz: Die Großschmetterlinge der Erde , 1909 |
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Coenonympha arcanioides , also Moroccan hay butterfly , is a butterfly ( butterflies ) fromthe noble butterfly family (Nymphalidae) that occurs in northwest Africa.
description
From Coenonympha arcanioides there are two forms . The nominate form is smaller and darker. Its forewing is soot-brown except for a brown-yellow disc spot in the discus. The shape major is larger, the whole disc is fiery yellow-red. The upper side of the hind wings of both forms is dark gray-brown with an orange margin line in the anal angle . The orange underside of the forewing has a pale post-disk band and a darkened apex with a clear, white-cored eye - spot (ocelle) with a yellow border, in front of which there is a light line in the nominate form. The margin line on the inner edge and anal corner is dark gray-brown. On the red-brown underside of the hind wing there is a white, somewhat curly, irregular post-discal band, behind which there are clear, but very small ocelles.
The females are larger and paler on top than the males.
Similar species
- Coenonympha dorus ( Esper , 1782)
- Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier , 1905
- Coenonympha fettigii Oberthür , 1874
- Pyronia cecilia ( Vallantin , 1894) is almostindistinguishablefrom C. arcanioides whenin flight
distribution
Coenonympha arcanioides is widespread in Morocco, northern Algeria, and northern Tunisia. From the mountains on the coast to the northern slopes in the Middle Atlas , it flies from sea level to 1,800 meters. It occurs locally and never in large numbers together, and the moths can sometimes be found wandering around Spain.
Way of life
The moths fly over dry and rocky grass corridors around bushes and in ravines lined with oleander and gorse . At the hottest time of the day, they hide in drying brook beds and in drainage ditches. They always fly close to the ground and so between thorn bushes that they are difficult to get at.
The last generation of caterpillars overwinter each year.
Flight time
Coenonympha arcanioides flies in several generations a year (multivotile) from mid-April to September. The summer generation is the smaller form.
Systematics
Coenonympha arcanioides was first described in 1837 by M. Pierret as Satyrus arcanioides in the Annales de la Société entomologique de France . The type location is in Oran , Algeria.
literature
- Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: Butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa: All butterflies, over 400 species . 2nd Edition. Franckh-Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-440-12868-8 , pp. 314 .
- The Palaearctic butterflies . In: Adalbert Seitz (ed.): The large butterflies of the earth . tape 1 . Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart 1909, p. 144 f .
- M. Pierret: Description de deux nouvelles espèces du genre Satyre (LATR.). - Annales de la Société entomologique de France 6, 1837, pp. 303-307 and plate 12. PDF
Individual evidence
Web links
- Lepiforum e. V. Coenonympha arcanioides - Taxonomy and Photos
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa - Coenonympha arcanioides