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Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) Pearly Heath

This beautiful delicate satyrid is a new species to the
Levant, observed for the first time in Hatay in June
2009. In the south Amanos Mts, it is local and confined 4
to wet biotopes in the open Black Pine (Pinus nigra)
forest. Adults fly in dappled light along streams bordered
by vegetation, alighting on small branches and leaves
over water or on low plants. Males are territorial, mud
puddlers and sometimes feed on animal dung.

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/LIH KLVWRU\ univoltine. Eggs are barrel-shaped, with 20
fine ribs, and are laid singly or in series along a grass
blade, creamy-white when laid, developing brown spots
and becoming completely brown before eclosion after
7-10 days. L1 eats the eggshell. The mature larva has © Ali Atahan © Ali Atahan
a green head, the body is light green with darker green
and white lines along the body; the sublateral white
band is wider than other lines and the body ends in a
short forked tail. The greenish-white pupa has distinctive
black streaking and is suspended from a low grass stem,
eclosing after two weeks. Overwinters in the larval stage
(Lafranchis et al., 2015: 580-581; Warecki, 2010: 130).
5HFRUGHG KRVWSODQWV Poaceae (Gramineae) – Dactylis
glomerata (in Hatay). Elsewhere in Turkey, recorded on
Brachypodium, Festuca, Melica and Poa (illustr.) spp.
(Hesselbarth et al., 1995(2): 795).
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TL: Sweden. Distributed from N Portugal, Spain, France,
Italy, across Europe, S Norway and Sweden to the Balkans,
N Turkey, C & S Urals to Altay. The Amanos population is
isolated by ca. 350 km from the nearest in Sivas Province
in CN Turkey (Hesselbarth et al., 1995(3): 736) but does
not warrant a new subspecific status (Martin Wiemers,
pers. comm. to DB). Absent from Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon,
Israel, Jordan and the Sinai Peninsula.
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