Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
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Felipe |
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Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787) |
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Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787) View in CoL ( Lycaenidae ) **
L5; 11/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 18/III/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 25/III/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/III/2023, perched on grasses, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L18; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L22; 01/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 18/IV/2021, nect. on L. stoechas , very worn, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L28; 12/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L69; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L132; 09/III/2020, 3 ex. v., 2 ex. coll., JLR.; L132; 10/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.
Comment: Observed from 7 localities within 5 1× 1 km UTM squares, denoting its first documented occurrence in Ceuta. Adults were seen in flight during March and April, with most sightings in March, consistent with the univoltine flight period reported for Morocco (e.g., Tennent, 1996; Tarrier & Delacre, 2008). Based on current data, T. ballus appears to be scarce and localised within the study area. Adults have been observed nectaring on L. stoechas . The Ceuta population, along with those occurring in Morocco, belongs to the nominal subspecies T. ballus ballus (Fabricius, 1787) ( Tennent, 1996; Tarrier & Delacre, 2008; Leraut, 2016; Tarrier, 2025c).
Graph 1.- Observation frequency of the different species of Papilionoidea present in Ceuta. Number of records for each species over the entire study period.
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