#3022 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Iberian marbled white

🇳🇱 Spaans dambordje ·Melanargia lachesis

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias · CC BY 4.0
2. © Emilio · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Jose Luis Cernadas Iglesias · CC BY 4.0
4. © Javier Díaz Barrera · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © jacinta lluch valero · CC BY-SA 4.0
6. © Bart · CC BY 4.0
7. Tarragona, ES-CT, ES:© raul-pc · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 30730 Gajan, France:© Françoise Lienhard · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 2480 Arrimal, Portugal:© zebedeugalinha · CC BY 4.0
10. 17491, Peralada, Catalonia, ES:© Bernat Espigulé · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Melanargia lachesis , the Iberian marbled white , is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found on the Iberian Peninsula and the south of France.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,821iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
7,821 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Jacob Hübner in 1790 (236 years ago).