| Great Banded Grayling (Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775)) |
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Scientific name: Brintesia circe (Fabricius, 1775) Common name: Great Banded Grayling Other names: Other scientific name: Kanetisa circe. French name: Silène Order: Lepidoptera Suborder: Rhopalocera Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Satyrinae Wingspan: 66-80mm. Biotope: Dry meadows, woodland edges, scarce woodlands and bushes. Geographic area: Southern Europe, Central Asia. Flight time: June to August. Number of generations : 1 Caterpillar: Pale grey with a thin dark dorsal line and several less marked lateral lines. The head shows six sharp dark stripes. Host plant: Erect Brome (Bromus erectus), Sheep's Fescue (Festuca ovina) and various other graminae. |
The Great Banded Grayling is a black colour with a white discal stripe, crossed by black veins and interrupted near the apex of the fore wings. There is dark eyespot near the fore wing tip. The Great Banded Grayling over winters as a caterpillar. |
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This Great Banded Grayling, observed in a bushy area, slowly unfurled his proboscis just in front of me. |
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The discal stripe, interrupted near the apex of the fore wing, is a good key to tell this species apart. |
André Bon July 2009