Pararge xiphioides, the Canary speckled wood, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Canary Islands on La Gomera, La Palma, Tenerife and Gran Canaria.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pararge |
| Species: | P. xiphioides
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| Pararge xiphioides Staudinger, 1871
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The wingspan is 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in). Adults are on wing year-round.
The larvae feed on various plants, including Brachypodium sylvaticum, Agrostis capillaris, Carex divulsa and Luzula forsteri.
It is closely related to the species Pararge aegeria.[1] differing thus xiphioides Stgr. (45a), from the Canary Islands, has the upperside darker on account of the smaller and more red-brown spots, while the underside of the hindwing is lighter, less marmorated and provided with a distinct median band, the costal part of which is shaded with white.[2]
References
edit- ^ Weingarter, Wahlberg & Nylin (2006): Speciation in Pararge (Satyrinae: Nymphalidae) butterflies - North Africa is the source of ancestral populations of all Pararge species. Systematic Entomology 31: 621-632.
- ^ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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External links
edit- Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
- Mario Maier: Europäische Schmetterlinge
- www.schmetterling-raupe.de
- Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa
- Captain's European Butterfly Guide
- "Pararge Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Fauna Europaea