#2386 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Speckled Wood

🇳🇱 Bont zandoogje ·Pararge aegeria

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

The speckled wood ( Pararge aegeria ) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone. The species is subdivided into multiple subspecies, including Pararge aegeria aegeria , Pararge aegeria tircis , Pararge aegeria oblita , and Pararge aegeria insula . The color of this butterfly varies between subspecies. The existence of these subspecies is due to variation in morphology down a gradient corresponding to a geographic cline. The background of the wings...

base stats

NL sightings 4,338iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 145,966iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

Spotted 4,338 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #2 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
145,966 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).