Information
| Red List status: | Endangered |
| NERC Act S41: | Species of Principal Importance |
| Local status: | Become very rare. This Bedfordshire species has declined more than any other in recent years, and is probably now extinct in this county. It has largely disappeared from inland English counties, but it is still present around the coasts, and in northern England. This range change may be a result of climate change. |
| Size: | Medium. |
| Larval foodplant: | A variety of grasses. |
| No. of broods: | Two, sometimes three. |
| Flight time(s): | Mid May to mid June. Mid July to mid September. A partial third brood is possible in October.
Average first date: 14th May
Average last date: 8th September |
| Winter: | Larva |
| Habits: | Males patrol, often along a bank, hedge or wall, sometimes one following another, looking for females which are more secretive and less easily found. They are very difficult to approach, perhaps the hardest of all species, and are easily put to flight, but they may settle again if left undisturbed. |
| Habitats: | Unimproved grassland, clay pits, brown-field sites and woodland rides. |
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