(Godart, 1822)
Corsican Grayling
Description:
The Corsican Grayling is found on open slopes covered with grassy vegetation and scrub or dwarf scrub, sometimes with coniferous woodland nearby, although they also occur above the tree-line.
Different grasses are used as food plants, including the fescue Festuca morisiana. The caterpillars do not have a real diapause, and continue feeding throughout the winter.
It has one brood a year.
Habitat:
Dry calcareous grasslands
Heath and shrub
Similar species:
Unmistakable