#3023 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Southern Gatekeeper

🇳🇱 Zuidelijk oranje zandoogje ·Pyronia cecilia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Ferran Turmo Gort · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Fabriciodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Ferran Pestaña · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. 39, 51550, Osor, Croazia:© Luca Sattin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Alcaria Ruiva, Portugal:© Luis Silva · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Garrigues, Marguerittes, France:© Samuel Hilaire · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. 83210 Solliès-Toucas, France:© Bernard Noguès · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. São Brás de Alportel, Portugal:© José Godinho · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 63068 Montalto delle Marche, Ascoli Piceno, Italien:© winu · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Provincia di Forlì-Cesena, Italia:© Giuseppe Molinari · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Pyronia cecilia , the southern gatekeeper , is a butterfly of Southern Europe and North Africa. It is a member of the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,446iNaturalist 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).