Carcharodus tripolinus (Verity, 1925)


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Host plants:
Malvaceae as with C. alceae

Habitat:
Carcharodus tripolinus inhabits various habitats in the open landscape from coastal dunes to arable land.

Life cycle:
As for C. alceae.

Remarks:
Carcharodus tripolinus occurs in N-Africa and is also found in the South of the Iberian Peninsula from S-Portugal to Cadiz and more rarely also further East to Malaga and Almeria.

Carcharodus tripolinus must be dissected to be distinguished from the sibling species C. alceae.



Carcharodus alceae