Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL ( Nymphalidae ) **

L4; 29/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/V/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/V/2020, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/VI/2022, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 30/IV/2024, nect. on P. maritima , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L12; 21/VI/2020, nect. on S. atropurpurea and E. creticum , 3 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 13/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, nect. on C. crispus , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 22/VI/2019, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 13/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 15/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 12/VI/2021, nect. on S. atropurpurea and E. creticum , 5 ex. v., JLR.; L27; 27/VII/2020, nect. on T. caeruleum , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 22/V/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 23/VII/2023, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 21/VI/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 29/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 09/VI/2021, 5 ex. v., JLR.; L41; 31/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L42; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L43; 15/VII/2019, nect. on R. ulmifolius , 1 ex. v., JLR.; L61; 25/IX/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L62; 03/IX/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L63; 12/VI/2021, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 26/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 13/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 21/VI/2020, nect. on S. atropurpurea , 2 ex. v., JLR.; L72; 01/IX/2019, 1 ex. v., EZ.; L73; 06/VI/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L76; 16/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L77; 28/VII/2019, in understorey, among cork oaks, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L83; 12/VI/2022, nect. on T. caeruleum , 2 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: Recorded in Ceuta for the first time, with observations from 23 localities within 9 1× 1 km UTM squares, between May and September. Adults were observed feeding on S. atropurpurea , E. creticum , P. maritima , R. ulmifolius , C. crispus , and T. caeruleum . In North Africa, the nominal subspecies M. jurtina jurtina occurs ( Tennent, 1996; Tarrier & Delacre, 2008; Leraut, 2016; Tarrier, 2025e).