Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793)

Pyronia bathseba (Fabricius, 1793) View in CoL ( Nymphalidae ) **

L4; 13/V/2019, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 15/V/2019, 8 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 08/V/2020, 6 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 22/V/2020, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L4; 25/V/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 19/V/2020, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L5; 06/V/2021, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 19/V/2020, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 06/V/2021, 8 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 11/VI/2022, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 12/VI/2022, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L6; 25/IV/2024, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L13; 08/V/2021, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L14; 16/V/2021, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L25; 13/VI/2019, very worn, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 22/V/2019, 12 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 26/V/2019, 12 ex. v., JLR.; L35; 22/V/2020, 10 ex. v., JLR.; L36; 05/V/2023, 10 ex. v., JLR.; L37; 09/VI/2021, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L40; 12/V/2019, 13 ex. v., JLR.; L43; 07/VI/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 26/V/2019, 4 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 15/V/2020, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L66; 21/VI/2020, 2 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 11/V/2019, 35 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 18/V/2019, 9 ex. v., JLR.; L73; 06/VI/2020, 7 ex. v., JLR.; L74; 11/V/2019, 1 ex. v., JLR.; L80; 08/VI/2019, 3 ex. v., JLR.; L83; 12/VI/2022, 2 ex. v., JLR.

Comment: First recorded in Ceuta, with observations from 16 localities in 8 1× 1 km UTM squares. This species is relatively frequent, with adults appearing from late April through June, and occasional sightings in July and August. Most records were concentrated in May.