Graves, 1928
Description:
Maniola cypricola is often found in shady places, such as in woods, orchards, and among scrubby vegetation, and it is also sometimes seen out in the open. These butterflies have a rapid, linear flight.
The caterpillars feed on grasses, although exactly which species is not known.
There is one brood a year.
Habitat:
Shrub and grassland
Dry calcareous grasslands
Similar species:
Maniola jurtina
Maniola halicarnassus