The Speckled Wood is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland throughout much of the Palearctic ecozone.In North Europe, Central Europe , Asia Minor, Syria, Russia and Central Asia where subspecies ''P. a. tircis'' occurs it is brown with pale yellow or cream spots and darker upperwing eyespots. In southwestern Europe and North Africa the subspecies ''P. a. aegeria'' has a colour which is more orange in the background; the hindwing underside eyespots are reddish brown rather than black.. more
Specie identified by Joost Thissen
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