#2592 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Buff Arches

🇳🇱 Vuursteenvlinder ·Habrosyne pyritoides

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Michał Brzeziński · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © gailhampshire · CC BY 4.0
4. © naturalhistoryman · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Vladimir Bryukhov · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Hoeksche Waard, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 3992 SK Houten, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3432 PE Nieuwegein, Nederland:© Marsel · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
10. Hoeksche Waard, Heinenoord, Zuid-Holland, NL:© jaap_engberts · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The buff arches ( Habrosyne pyritoides ) is a moth of the family Drepanidae. It is found throughout Europe and is well distributed in the British Isles except the far north of England and all of Scotland.

base stats

NL sightings 123iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,022iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).