Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Melanargia ines | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Melanargia Rank Species | |
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Similar Melanargia lachesis, Pyronia cecilia, Euchloe belemia, Melanargia occitanica, Coenonympha dorus | ||
Melanargia ines, the Spanish marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and western North Africa.
The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm. The butterflies fly in one generation from May to June.
The larvae feed on various grasses such as Brachypodium pinnatum en Bromus madritensis.
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