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Andalucía
This is a group of eight provinces in the South of Spain, see below for details. I have visited Andalucía a couple of times at Easter over the last few years, mainly in the provinces of Malaga, Granada and Almería. There is a large range of Butterfly species in this region of Spain due to the wide range of habitat and climatic conditions. There are mountainous areas across the region climbing to 3400m in the Sierra Nevada (Granada province). There are also areas which are practically desert which attract a range of chiefly North African specie
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The easternmost province of Andalucía. I only visited briefly, staying in San Jose near the Cabo de Gata. It was refreshing to walk unspoilt coastline in southern Spain I must say. Notable sightings included what seemed to be an influx of Lang's short-tailed blue, Leptotes pirithous, presumably from North Africa together with Sage skipper, Muschampia proto. |
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| Species: | Scientific: | First sighting: | Last sighting: |
| Large white | Pieris brassicae | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Small white | Artogeia rapae | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Bath white | Pontia daplidice | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Clouded yellow | Colias crocea | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Small copper | Lycaena phlaeas | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Lang's short-tailed blue | Leptotes pirithous | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Painted lady | Vanessa cardui | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Spanish marbled white | Melanargia ines | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Spanish gatekeeper | Pyronia bathseba | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Sage skipper | Muschampia proto | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Mallow skipper | Carcharodus alcae | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
| Lulworth skipper | Thymelicus acteon | 14-Apr | 14-Apr |
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