Spanish Marbled White
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Melanargia ines
Found only across the Iberian Peninsula into North Africa.
The Larvae feed on various grasses such as Brachypodium pinnatum and Bromus madritensis.
Above similar to syllius, but the short transverse band of the forewing heavily black, placed exactly in the centre of the cell and not united with the black discocellular spot.
On the hindwing beneath the ocelli are magnificently coloured, the sky-blue centre being successively encircled by russet-red, yellow and lilac rings, the costal ocelli of the upperside being always centred with blue.
Flight period is May-June, also as early as Late April.