Species account

Perlemorrandøje (Coenonympha arcania)    Linnaeus (1761)
   Takvinger (Nymphalidae)    PEHE    24897
Pearly Heath (gb)   Ocelada Banda Blanca (es)   Pärlgräsfjäril (se)  
Measurements:
WS: 28-34mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
SE
Identification:
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Distribution:
W Europe, Turkey Transcaucasus, S Russia and C Urals.
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Status:
Likely extinct in Denmark, Jylland 1996.
Host plants:
græsser
Comment:
Pearly Heath 940    (1 photos)
2022-07-12    Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 941    (1 photos)
2022-07-12    Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 942    (1 photos)
2022-07-12    Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 943    (2 photos)
2022-07-12    Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 944    (1 photos)
2022-07-12    Ronneby-area (Blekinge), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 1497    (1 photos)
2023-06-05    Allgunnens Naturreservat (Kalmar), Sweden

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We only saw few of the species on this trip, but probably because of locality choice rather than of low abundance.



Pearly Heath 1498    (2 photos)
2023-06-05    Allgunnens Naturreservat (Kalmar), Sweden

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Pearly Heath 1578    (1 photos)
2023-06-07    Valdemarsvik (Östergötland), Sweden

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Mandatory beauty!