Fluturat e Shqipërisë
Butterflies of Albania

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Last update: 05.viii.2023

Kirinia roxelana /Lattice Brown
Rokselanja
Nymphalidae - Satyrinae

Kirinia roxelana (Cramer, 1777). TL: Istanbul, Turkey.

1a. Kirinia roxelana, distribution map. Historical data ; Additional data from the 2018 update ; New observations since the 2018 update.
1b. Kirinia roxelana ♂ undeside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1c. Habiat of Kirinia roxelana. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1d. Kirinia roxelana ♂ underside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1e. Kirinia roxelana ♂ underside. Bulgaria (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1g. Kirinia roxelana ♀ underside. Greece (© Sylvain Cuvelier)

Description
♂♂
Large butterfly. Fw: 29-31 mm.
Fw: narrow.
Ups: brown gc.
Upf: distorted sex-brands in basal and discal area, large fulvous area, one apical ocellus in s5.
Uph: ocelli faintly showing through.
Unf: similar as upf.
Unh: series of white-pupilled and yellow-ringed ocelli, small in s4 and s5.
♀♀
Larger.
Upf: pale costal and apical spots.
Uph: ocelli faintly showing through.
Unf: large orange postdiscal area.
Unh: more defined markings.

Similar species

Kirinia climene Size:smaller. Upf: ♂♂ linear sex-brand. Upf: ♂♂ straight vein. Uph: ♂♂ conspicuous ocelli. Uph: orange band enclosing the ocelli. Unh: discal area poorly marked on both sides. Unh: small white-pupilled sm ocelli. Unh: single -ringed ocelli.

Life cycle
Adults: single generation from mid-May to the first half of August.
Egg: short stage.
Caterpillar: overwintering.
Pupa: short stage.

Habitat
Kirinia roxelana inhabits rough ground with sparse grasses in dense shrubland and warm forests from lowland up to 1400 m a.s.l.
Spatial requirement small, population density can be high.

Foodplants
Caterpillars feed on Anthoxanthum odoratum, Lolium perenne, Milium effusum, Poa annua, P. pratensis and P. trivialis.
Butterflies almost never found feeding on flowers, observed on rotten fruit, often found sitting in low and well-shaded bushes, rarely flying unless disturbed.

Distribution
Albania: local.
Balkan: AL - BG - BIH - GR - HR - NMK - MNE - RKS - RO - SLO - SRB
Europe: IB - IT - ALP - BAL - NWE - UK - SCA - EEU
Asia Minor, Near East and further east.

Conservation status
Kirinia roxelana is not endangered.
Albanian Red List: NE.
IUCN Red List, category at the Mediterranean level: LC.

Useful links
Pyrgus.de
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Euroleps

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