Cacín Valley, Granada Province.

The Butterflies

Blue-spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini).

Throughout the day, butterfly species were on the wing and several interesting species were noted including Blue-spotted Hairstreak (Satyrium spini) and Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes) were both seen feeding on the spiny flowers of Field Eryngo (Eryngium campestre) whilst several Iberian Scarce Swallowtail (Iphiclides feisthameli) flew rapidly past looking for the larger flowers of the thistle plants.

Panoptes Blue (Pseudophilotes panoptes).

Scarce Swallowtail (Chupaleches / Iphichides podalirius feistameli).

Also seen in good numbers were Common / Southern Blue (Polyommatus icarus / celina) and Long-tailed Blues (Lampides boeticus), Spanish Brown Argus (Aricia cramera), Meadow Brown (Maniola jurtina), Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus), Cleopatra (Gonepteryx rhamni), Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia) and several species of White including Bath (Pontia daplidice), Small (Artogeia rapae) and Large (Bpieris brassicae).