Vaucher's heath - Coenonympha vaucheri
Family: Satyridae.
Flight Time: Late May - September.
Size: 34-40mm
Altitude: 1800-4167m
A really beautiful Heath this one. The big white mark is unique to Vaucher's heath. They inhabit the highest reaches of the High Atlas, I saw them flying on the summit of Djebel Toubkhal, which at 4166m is the highest point in North Africa..
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None with mark
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Dry with sparse vegetation.
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