(Esper, 1781)
Black Satyr
Description:
The Black Satyr can be found on grassy vegetation, rocky slopes, and in scrub.
The caterpillars feed on various grasses, such as fescues (Festuca spp.), meadow-grasses (Poa spp.), false-bromes (Brachypodium spp.), and bromes (Bromus spp.).
They hibernate and then pupate on the ground at the end of the spring in May to June.
The Black Satyr is single-brooded.
Habitat:
Alpine grasslands
Dry siliceous grasslands
Dry calcareous grasslands
Heath and shrub
Mesophile grasslands
Similar species:
Minois dryas
Satyrus ferula