Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) by GiMi53

Photography • Insects • posted on Sep 02, 2011

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Description

The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone.In North Europe, Central Europe , Asia Minor, Syria, Russia and Central Asia where subspecies P. a. tircis occurs it is brown with pale yellow or cream spots and darker upperwing eyespots. In southwestern Europe and North Africa the subspecies P. a. aegeria has a colour which is more orange in the background; the hindwing underside eyespots are reddish brown rather than black or dark gray. The two forms gradually intergrade into each other. Le Tircis (Pararge aegeria) est un lépidoptère appartenant à la famille des Nymphalidae à la sous-famille des Satyrinae et au genre Pararge. Thank you for your comments on my previous upload: