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/LIH KLVWRU\ HOVHZKHUH polyvoltine, but possibly bivoltine
in parts of the region. On Mt. Hermon, N Israel, a female
was observe laying eggs under leaves of a tiny, recently
sprouted Viola modesta next to the melting snow line (Ofir
Tomer pers. obs.). The eggs are cone-shaped with rounded
flat top and 20-24 vertical ribs, pale yellow when laid and
turn brown before hatching. In lab the eggs hatched after
4 days. L1 is 1.5 mm long, pale green with long dark hairs
sprouting from brown protrusions on the body. The head is
glossy black. When disturbed the larvae curled their body © Walfgang Wagner
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and fell from the leaf or raised their body up and stood on
their prolegs. The mature larva is 35 mm in length, black
with reddish-brown spines and a broken white dorsal line.
The pupa suspends from the hostplant, is 15 mm long,
brown-black with white markings and resembles a bird
dropping. The adult eclosed after seven days. Overwintering
may take place in all stages from L2 to Adult (Lafranchis et
al., 2015: 530-531; DB breeding notes).

5HFRUGHG KRVWSODQWV Mainly Violaceae - Viola modesta,
V. arvensis, V. occulta, V. odorata, V. tricolor var. [C],
but ovipositing seen also on Onobrychis spp. (Fabaceae
(Papilionaceae)) and Anchusa spp. (Boraginaceae).
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© Eran Benyamini Canary Islands and N Africa to Europe, Turkey, Cyprus,
Syria, Lebanon & Israel to the Himalayas and SW China.
Unrecorded from, Jordan or Sinai. The nominotypical ssp.
flies in the Levant. © Adam Warecki
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