(Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
Spanish Marbled White
Description:
The Spanish Marbled White is found in warm, dry places with low vegetation on rocky slopes, on flower-rich grassy vegetation, and in scrub. Its food plants are grasses, such as Tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum) and Compact Brome (Bromus madritensis).
The caterpillars hibernate, pupating on the ground in the early spring.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Sclerophyllous scrub
Similar species:
Melanargia occitanica