Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)

Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Nymphalidae ) *

L4; 10/V/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 16/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 05/VI/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L4; 10/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 08/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 29/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 02/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 22/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 28/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 13/X/2021, 10 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 23/I/2022, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 08/VI/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 10/XII/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 18/XII/2019, nect. on L. dentata , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L5; 28/II/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 29/IV/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 23/V/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 18/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 25/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 06/V/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 10/XI/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 09/XII/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 17/II/2022, 9 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/III/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 10/XII/2019, nect. on L. dentata , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/V/2020, 13 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 11/VI/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 04/III/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/III/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 30/IV/2024, nect. on P. maritima , C. fragilis , Erica multiflora L., and L. dentata , 14 ex. v., JLR.; L8; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L8; 15/I/2022, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L8; 17/II/2022, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L9; 19/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L11; 25/II/2022, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L12; 21/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L12; 14/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 13/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 25/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 17/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 06/III/2022, 14 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 14/V/2022, 13 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 17/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 17/X/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L15; 09/II/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L15; 12/III/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L15; 12/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L16; 06/III/2022, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L17; 03/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L22; 01/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L22; 17/X/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L23; 18/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L24; 17/IV/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 22/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 07/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 12/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L28; 12/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L28; 12/III/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 22/V/2019, nect. on E. creticum , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 26/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 07/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 18/XII/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 17/I/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 03/II/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 09/II/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 21/VI/2020, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 29/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 25/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 17/X/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 05/V/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 20/XI/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 09/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L40; 12/V/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L40; 17/I/2020, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 15/V/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 20/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L41; 31/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 26/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L42; 25/XI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L42; 06/VI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L44; 06/VI/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L44; 07/V/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L46; 23/XI/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L61; 25/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L64; 31/I/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 06/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 21/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L68; 28/II/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L68; 11/II/2022, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L69; 23/III/2019, 2 ex. v., EZ.; L70; 27/X/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 11/V/2019, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L74; 11/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L74; 02/IV/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L75; 11/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L76; 16/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 18/II/2022, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 12/III/2023, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L82; 26/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 17/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 08/V/2021, nect. on M. suaveolens and D. viscosa , 4 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 26/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L88; 15/V/2022, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L89; 11/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L92; 23/III/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L94; 06/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L102; 19/IX/2021, nect. on D. viscosa , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L103; 11/IV/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L104; 11/IV/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L121; 07/III/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L126; 23/XI/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L131; 14/III/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 09/III/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 10/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L132; 19/IV/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L135; 05/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L139; 17/X/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L141; 06/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L141; 16/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L142; 17/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L143; 06/XII/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L143; 01/XII/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 01/V/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 14/III/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L144; 02/IV/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L145; 14/II/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L145; 18/IV/2024, nect. on Glebionis coronaria (L.) Cass. Ex Spach, A. arvensis , P. marítima , and L. sinuatum , 13 ex. v., JLR.; L146; 01/X/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L147; 27/I/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L148; 30/XI/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L149; 12/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L149; 26/II/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L151; 06/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L151; 02/X/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L151; 20/X/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L154; 01/II/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L154; 11/IV/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L156; 25/IV/2024, nect. on P. maritima , G. coronaria , L. sinuatum , and C. althaeoides , 9 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 05/V/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 23/III/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L157; 21/IV/2024, nect. on G. coronaria , G. tomentosus , and P. maritima , 7 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Previously cited for Ceuta and its surroundings by Bacallado Aránega et al. (2012) without specific records. Observations were recorded from 63 localities within 21 1× 1 km UTM squares. The species is abundant and widely distributed throughout Ceuta. This migratory butterfly was observed all year round, with peak numbers in March, May, June, and September. Adults were observed nectaring on L. dentata , P. maritima , A. arvensis , G. coronaria , D. viscosa , C. fragilis , G. tomentosus , L. sinuatum , C. althaeoides , M. suaveolens , E. multiflora , and E. creticum .