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subspecies of M. phoebe because of their similarity. It © Dubi Benyamini
differs by being smaller in size and in the consistency
of the marginal lines on the forewing upper side – in L2
M. phoebe and M. telona the inner marginal line is
interrupted at v4, giving distinct arcuate marks in s2 and
s3, whereas in M. collina, the line is less irregular. © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini
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)OLJKW SHULRG mid March at 300 m in NW Israel to late June pupa
at 2000 m in Mt Hermon, S Anti-Lebanon range; Appears
on the Lebanese coast in April and fly in middle heights
of the Cedar Mt until early June (Ellison & Wiltshire, © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini
1939; Larsen, 1974: 124); Common in Hatay, S Turkey 12
from April at 250 m to June at 1700 m, but appearing
around Antakya city (100-400 m) on March (Atahan et
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710 m. 5.5.1973
Ghrejyan, 2018); April, 850-1600 m Anti-Lebanon & SW
Syria (ten-Hagen, 1995; ten-Hagen & Eckweiler, 2000);
April, Aleppo N Syria 500 m (ten-Hagen, 1995); April -
early May, 800-1400 m Anti-Lebanon to Hama, Syria
(ten-Hagen, 1996).
/LIH KLVWRU\ univoltine. On 3 May 2003 in a ridge
between Mt Sasa and Mt Godrim (730 m), upper Galilee
N Israel a female was observed carrying the male in cop. Mt. Hermon 1450m, N Israel, Metula,
(Benyamini, 2003j). On 24 April 1993 two batches, each 18.5.2000 HaTanur, 360 m, 24.4.1976 © Dubi Benyamini © Benny Shalmon
of 49 yellow eggs were found on the upper and lower Biology of J. o. here
sides of Serratula cerinthifolia's leaves (Asteraceae) 3 3 L5 L5
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growing within this new LHP concentration, at the bottom
of Shnunim Valley, 1230 m, Har Agas (Jebel Rus), N Jordan, Al Mazra’a
Golan / W slopes of Mt Hermon (DB unpublished record). -350 m. 25.4.1989
On 11 April 2004, in Alonei Habashan 900 m, E Golan J. o. here Lang, 1884
Heights 44 eggs were laid under a leaf of the same LHP
(Avni, 2004b). Larvae and pupa were not reported, but
the young larvae are certainly gregarious, as are most of Mt Hermon, 1500 m, 7.5.1973 N Israel, Eylon, 300 m, 11.4.1975
the species’ congeners and the pupae are pendulous.
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- illustr., S. pusilla.
&RQVHUYDWLRQ on 13 June 2008 during a butterfly
SPNI survey of the eastern slopes of Naftali Mt range,
biotopes of collina were found sprayed by herbicides
against pine seedlings. Not a single Nymphalid survived
to the following spring. (Benyamini & Tomer, 2009c).
Livestock overgrazing is the main threat in N Israel and © Andre Coetzer © Andre Coetzer
the Golan. Rated VU (Vulnerable, D1) by Renan et al.,
(2022, in prep.).
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J. o. madagascariensis Guenée, 1865
TL: Antiochia (Antakya, Hatay, Turkey). The distribution is
typically Syrian from S Turkey to Syria, Lebanon, N Israel,
Golan Heights, Mt Hermon (absent from Jordan, Cyprus
and Sinai) and Iraq. Its southern distribution limit is near
Karmiel City, CW Galilee, N Israel 300 m, (Lat. 32º54’
N) and Alonei Habashan, Hazika Ridge, E Golan Heights
900 m (Lat. 33º02’ N). © Andre Coetzer © Dubi Benyamini
© Ofir Tomer © Dubi Benyamini Biology of J. o. madagascariensis
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