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Arethusana arethusa (False Grayling)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Arethusana is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). It is composed of only one species, Arethusana arethusa, the false grayling, which can be found as far west as Morocco and as far eastward as SW. Siberia and N. Tian Shan. The wingspan is 44–48 mm and the length of the forewings is 21–25 mm. Adults are on wing from July to September. The larvae feed on various grasses, including Festuca, Bromus erectus, Dactylis and Poa species.
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Infraspecies

Arethusana arethusa aksouali
Arethusana arethusa albinothellensis
Arethusana arethusa albovenata
Arethusana arethusa allobrogicus
Arethusana arethusa calciphila
Arethusana arethusa ganda

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Capanne di Marcarolo 23604 Italy  

Prey / Diet

Bromus erectus (erect brome)[1]
Dactylis glomerata (orchardgrass)[1]
Festuca calligera (sheep fescue)[1]
Lolium rigidum (Wimmera ryegrass)[1]
Poa annua (annual blue grass)[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0