Photo © by Mario Maier. Aphantopus hyperantus
f. arete, June 1990, Lange Meile / Bavaria
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Family: Satyridae Subfamily: Satyrinae |
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Description:
The picture displays a deviant form. The normally
yellow-bordered eye-spots on the uppersides of the wings are almost completely missing;
only on the undersides the white cores of the spots are visible. Deviant forms occur
regularly and are usually linked with climatic variables. Sometimes they are caused by
genetic disorders.
Flight period:
One brood from June to August.
Larval host plants:
Many kinds of grass.
Red List Germany: --
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