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Pyronia sp.
Gatekeeper are both, so which one ;-)??
I already commented that I am tending towards Pyronia tithonus, the Gatekeeper. If you have a confirmation (Eduardo Marabuto, Ernestino Maravalhas?), you might add the correct scientific name in the corresponding field.
Thank you, but i already have the confirmation that this is a Gatekeeper :)
I apologize, the correct taxonomic tree should certainly be:
Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Satyrini, Maniolia, Pyronia sp.
Do you have other pictures of it??
Nymphalidae, Nymphalinae, Maniolini, Pyronia sp. and most probably either Pyronia tithonus, the Gatekeeper or Pyronia cecilia, the Southern Gatekeeper and I also guess it is a male. We would need more pictures to separate the 2 almost identical species.
I would slightly tend to the Gatekeeper.
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