Portugal Wildlife
Guide to the Moths of a Wildlife Reserve in Baixo Alentejo
All Photographs were taken by the website author on the reserve unless otherwise stated.
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Hummingbird Hawk-moth Macroglossum stellatarum Mariposa esfinge colibri |
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Fiery Clearwing Pyropteron chrysidiformis |
Fiery Clearwing and Southern Brown Argus butterfly on Sweet Scabious. |
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Dock Clearwing Pyropteron doryliformis |
Female. |
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Pale Shoulder Acontia lucida |
Female Pale Shoulder using wings to waft pheromones into the air to attract a male. |
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Pale-rose Saffron Lythria cruentaria |
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Cinnabar Moth Tyria jacobaeae |
Cinnabar Moth caterpillars feeding on Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). |
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Moth Species List :
English Name | Scientific Name | Portuguese Name | |
1 | Hummingbird Hawk-moth | Macroglossum stellatarum | Mariposa esfinge colibri |
2 | Fiery Clearwing | Pyropteron chrysidiformis | |
3 | Pale Shoulder | Acontia lucida | |
4 | Pale-rose Saffron | Lythria cruentaria | |
5 | Cinnabar Moth | Tyria jacobaeae |
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