Canary Speckled Wood Pararge xiphioides Endemic
This quite reddish brown butterfly was flitting about in the dappled sunshine of the highland forests of the island and I thought it must be a Wall Brown from its flight and habit of resting on the ground. Later browsing through the photos, it turned out to be the Canary Speckled Wood a locally common but endemic butterfly to the Canary Islands (La Palma, Gran Canaria, La Gomera and Tenerife).
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On rides in the Aguamansa Forest, Tenerife, 10th February 2009
Added on June 13th 2010