Geographical map (butterfly)

The geographical map is a butterfly of the family of the Nymphalidae.

Distribution

Morphology

  • Length of wing: 16 to 19 Misters

Ecology

  • Period of flight: April at September.
  • Habitat: clear wood.
  • maximum Altitude: 1.500 Mr.
  • Plant-host: great nettle ( Urtica dioica).

This species presents several successive generations each year with a strong dimorphism between the clear spring individuals (form levana) and those of the estival generation blacks with a cream-coloured band (form prorsa).

External bonds

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