Zygaenidae viciae In Europe Z. viciae is found from the northern Iberian Peninsula to southern Scandinavia. Its range extends eastwards into the Balkans, northern Iran, the Caucasus, and into Russia as far as eastern Siberia. Scattered populations also occur in Mongolia and central Asia. It was first found in Britain in 1869 in the New Forest. The populations in the New Forest represented a distinct subspecies, Z. viciae ytenensis, but the last specimen was caught in 1927 and no more colonies have been found since. The New Forest burnet was thought to be extinct in the British Isles until it was discovered at a single site in western Argyll, in 1963. This isolated population represents a second distinct endemic subspecies: Z. viciae argyllensis. Since 1963 several other apparently suitable sites have been surveyed in western Argyll but the moth has not been found away from the original site. In Great Britain this species is classified as Endangered. It is given full protection under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. The larvae feed on common bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus) and meadow vetchling (Lathyrus pratensis). Info from: http://www.ukbap.org.uk/UKPlans.aspx?ID=641 Photos taken with Konica Minolta Dimage Z5 in Smedby, Sweden. Hope you like it and thanks for watching :-)