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Melanargia lachesis
Male. 5 cm wingspan. Very variable. Male has the anverse white with black drawings. The cell in the forewing is white with pointed form. Hindwings are white with black spots shaped as arrows at the edge, around not very visible ocela. The reverse of the hindwing is whitish with variable ocela with bluish pupils. The female is bigger with the hindwing reverse yellowish. It flies from June to September, one generation per year. The imagos visit the flowers of brambles and thistles. The caterpillars are green or bluff with longitudinal streaks white and dark
Spotted at open oak forest. Reserva de la Biosfera del Real Sitio de San Ildefonso-El Espinar.
Camera Model: NIKON D500. Exposure Time: 1/640 sec.; f/6.3; ISO Speed Rating: 640. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No flash fired. DSC_4624, 15
Spotted on Jun 30, 2019
Submitted on Oct 25, 2019
![[Melanargia lachesis]](https://lh5.ggpht.com/c3eeI8Yb8EDLyesJXmoIdYp4P1v95216j9wNK32CUGUwkHw2Dc6llGsNNudWvb7XI1DYMOygSWgGd0hLVWom=s62-c)
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