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Pararge aegeria (Speckled Wood Butterfly)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Madeiran Speckled Wood, Pararge xiphia, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on the island of Madeira. It is considered as endangered due to competition from it a related butterfly Pararge aegeria. The wingspan is 50–60 millimetres (2.0–2.4 in). Adults are on the wing all year round. The larvae feed on various plants, including Brachypodium sylvaticum, Holcus lanatus and Agrostis gigantea.
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Infraspecies

Pararge aegeria aegeria
Pararge aegeria falcidia
Pararge aegeria insula
Pararge aegeria oblita
Pararge aegeria occidentalis
Pararge aegeria paulumaegeria
Pararge aegeria tircis

Attributes

Litter Size [1]  153

Protected Areas

Ecosystems

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

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Predators

Apechthis quadridentata[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Apechthis quadridentata[4]
Pollinator of 
Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)[3]
Hieracium obtusissimum (Alpine Ragwort)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Body size, egg size, and their interspecific relationships with ecological and life history traits in butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea), Enrique García-Barros, Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2000), 70: 251–284
♦ 2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 3Jorrit 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.
♦ 4Ecology of Commanster
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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