003 Pararge aegeria (Speckled Wood)

59.003 Pararge aegeria (Speckled Wood)

ws: m46-52mm, f48-56mm; bi/trivoltine Mar-Oct; cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), common couch (Elytrigia repens), false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Yorkshire-fog (Holcus lanatus); common in England, Wales and north Scotland
ssp tercis (cream spots) occurs in England, Wales and in some parts of Scotland - mainly around Inverness
ssp oblita (white spots) occurs in north and north-west Scotland
ssp insula (orange spots) occurs in the Isles of Scilly

Pararge aegeria insula (Speckled Wood) §1 (ssp insula)

ID: Somewhat similar to Lasiommata megera (Wall), which has an orange ground colour on the upperside. The hindwing underside of L.megera is brown with discrete target-like subterminal spots each of which has a small white centre with a small black ring around it; in P.aegeria the hindwing underside is yellowish and the subterminal spots are more diffuse with a pale centre, a broad dusky surround and no black.

Variation
Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

Subspecies tercis
Subspecies oblita
Subspecies insula

Subspecies tercis
Subspecies oblita
Subspecies insula

§1 Bryher, Isles of Scilly; 06/04/2007; ssp insula
§2 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 16/10/2013; female; ssp insula
§3 Foulness, Essex; 03/05/2014; fw 22.7mm; ssp tercis
§4 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 04/10/2014; ssp insula
§5 Allt Mhuic, Highland; 30/05/2015; ssp oblita
§6 Gunners Park, Essex; 19/04/2020; male; fw 22.5mm; ssp tercis
§7 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/10/2022; male; fw 23.8mm; ssp insula
§8 St Mary's, Isles of Scilly; ??/10/2022; female; ssp insula
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