#3009 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dryad

🇳🇱 Blauwoogvlinder ·Minois dryas

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

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

1. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © This Photo was taken by Böhringer Friedrich. · CC BY-SA 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Marcello Consolo · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © Yoshi.K. · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Alenka Mihoric · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Harald Süpfle · CC BY-SA 4.0
8. © Hectonichus · CC BY-SA 4.0
9. © Zeynel Cebeci · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Minois dryas , the dryad , is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 10,226iNaturalist 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.
10,226 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1763 (263 years ago).