Iberian Marbled White (Melanargia lachesis)
| Family | Nymphalidae |
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| Subfamily | Satyrinae |
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| Genus | Melanargia |
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| Species | lachesis |
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| Authority | (Hübner, 1790) |
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| English Name | Iberian Marbled White |
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| European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
The Iberian Marbled White occurs in flower-rich, dry to damp grasslands, near dry scrub, and
along woodland edges and hedgerows. Grasses such as Annual Meadow-grass (Poa annua), Meadow
Fescue (Festuca pratensis), Compact Brome (Bromus madritensis), and Brachypodium retusum are used as
foodplants. This species is single-brooded and hibernates as a caterpillar.
Distribution
Andorra / France / France: Mainland / Portugal / Portugal: Mainland / Spain / Spain: Mainland /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Poales | Poaceae | Brachypodium | phoenicoides | | |
| 2 | Poales | Poaceae | Brachypodium | pinnatum | Heath False-brome | |
| 3 | Poales | Poaceae | Bromus | erectus | | |
| 4 | Poales | Poaceae | Bromus | sterilis | | |
| 5 | Poales | Poaceae | Dactylis | glomerata | Cock's-foot | |
| 6 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | elegans | | |
| 7 | Poales | Poaceae | Festuca | pseudeskia | | |
| 8 | Poales | Poaceae | Phleum | pratense | Timothy | |
| 9 | Poales | Poaceae | Poa | trivialis | Rough Meadow-grass | |
