''Pararge xiphioides'', the Canary speckled wood, is a
butterfly of the family
Nymphalidae. It is found in the
Canary Islands
The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...
on
La Gomera,
La Palma,
Tenerife and
Gran Canaria.
The
wingspan is . Adults are on wing year-round.
The larvae feed on various plants, including ''
Brachypodium sylvaticum'', ''
Agrostis capillaris'', ''
Carex divulsa
''Carex divulsa'', the grey sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Carex'', native to Macaronesia, Europe, northwest Africa, the Caucasus region, and the Middle East as far east as Turkmenistan. It has been introduced to northeast ...
'' and ''
Luzula forsteri
''Luzula forsteri'', commonly known as southern wood-rush, is a species of perennial plant in Juncaceae family that is native to Europe, north Africa and western Asia
Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of ...
''.
It is closely related to the species ''
Pararge aegeria''.
[Weingarter, Wahlberg & Nylin (2006): Speciation in ''Pararge'' (Satyrinae: Nymphalidae) butterflies - North Africa is the source of ancestral populations of all ''Pararge'' species. '']Systematic Entomology
''Systematic Entomology'' is a scientific journal covering the field of systematic entomology, published by the Royal Entomological Society of London. Having begun in 1932 as '' Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, Series B ...
'' 31: 621-632. differing thus ''xiphioides'' Stgr. (45a), from the Canary Islands, has the upperside darker on account of the smaller and more red-brown spots, while the underside of the hindwing is lighter, less marmorated and provided with a distinct median band, the costal part of which is shaded with white.
[ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)]
References
External links
Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
* ttp://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk/species/satyrids/t5.htm Captain's European Butterfly Guidebr>"''Pararge'' Hübner, [1819]"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Fauna Europaea
Elymniini
Butterflies described in 1871
Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
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