(Freyer, 1851)
Eastern Greenish Black-tip
Description:
The Eastern Greenish Black-tip is mostly found on steep, rocky, limestone slopes with patches of grassy vegetation, and in open, dry scrub. The butterflies often settle on the ground, or on rocks, with their wings half-open, but when it is very hot, they cool off in the shadow of rock crevices. Their flight is rapid, rather like that of skippers. The stock Matthiola tessela is its food plant.
It is not clear how many broods this species has a year, but it is probably two.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Phrygana vegetation
Screes
Sclerophyllous scrub
Similar species:
Euchloe charlonia