Pyronia tithonus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Common names

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🇫🇷 Amaryllis, Satyre tithon, Titon

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Maniolina
Genus: Pyronia
Species: Pyronia tithonus

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/pyronia-tithonus.webp — Pyronia tithonus ♂ foraging on a flower of Origanum vulgare

img/pyronia-tithonus-2.webp — Pyronia tithonus ♀ sitting on a leaf of Mentha suaveolens

img/pyronia-tithonus-4.webp — Pyronia tithonus ♂ sitting on a leaf of Mentha suaveolens

img/pyronia-tithonus-6.webp — Pyronia tithonus ♂ foraging on a flower of Mentha suaveolens

img/pyronia-tithonus-3.webp — Pyronia tithonus

img/pyronia-tithonus-5.webp — Pyronia tithonus sitting on a leaf of Rubus sp.

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Pyronia tithonus (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174270/7040642