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Great Banded Grayling

Kanetisa (Brintesia) circe

Description:

It is the only species belonging to the genus Brintesia. It reaches on average 65 - 80 mm of wingspan. Wings are mainly black or dark brown. They have a broad white band at the edge of the basal area of all wings and usually a second white streak on the lower wings. The black eye-spots on the underside of the upper wings have a white contour. They fly in one generation from June to September feeding on nectar of flowers.

Habitat:

These butterflies usually rest on the branches of a tree, protected by their cryptic markings, but ready to take off and fly away when disturbed. They prefer light woodland, grasslands bordering forest edges and generally dry and bushy environments, at an altitude of 0 - 1600 m above sea level. The species can be found in Central and Southern Europe (Spain, France, Italy, Greece, southern Germany and Poland), in Anatolia and the Caucasus up to Iran.

Notes:

While I was taking photos of the 1 st butterfly (photo 1 - 4) I have found another dead under the same tree :( (photo 5 and 6); Related spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/303...

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3 Comments

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

hahaha, dobro govoriš, mrtvi mora popraviti prosjek ovoga živog i mladog..

injica
injica 10 years ago

zar te to iznenađuje, ipak je to moj spotting, čudno da je sve živo i mlado :D ha

Jopy
Jopy 10 years ago

super! jadan onaj mrtvi :(

injica
Spotted by
injica

Croatia

Spotted on Jun 19, 2013
Submitted on Jun 19, 2013

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