Euboea biodiversity

This guide has been created to understand which species of fauna and flora existed in Evia (Euboea) in Greece before the Mega Wildfire which destroyed about 1/4 of the island.

Painted Lady 1
Vanessa cardui
Red Admiral 2
Vanessa atalanta
Small Heath 3
Coenonympha pamphilus
Speckled Wood 4
Pararge aegeria
Meadow Brown 5
Maniola jurtina
High Brown Fritillary 6
Argynnis adippe
Silver-washed Fritillary 7
Argynnis paphia
Spotted Fritillary 8
Melitaea didyma
Tree Grayling 2
Hipparchia statilinus
Southern Comma 9
Polygonia egea
Wall Brown 10
Lasiommata megera
Cardinal Butterfly 11
Argynnis pandora
Southern White Admiral 12
Limenitis reducta

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