Melanargia ines

Melanargia ines
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanargia
Species: M. ines
Binomial name
Melanargia ines
Hoffmannsegg, 1804

The Spanish marbled white (Melanargia ines) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and western North Africa.

The length of the forewings is 23–25 mm. The butterflies fly in one generation from May to June.

The larvae feed on various grasses such as Brachypodium pinnatum en Bromus madritensis.

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