| Family | Nymphalidae |
|---|---|
| Subfamily | Satyrinae |
| Genus | Pararge |
| Species | aegeria |
| Authority | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| English Name | Speckled Wood |
| European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
|---|---|
| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitats Directive | |
| Bern Convention | |
| CITES |
The Speckled Wood is a typical woodland butterfly. The woods may be deciduous, coniferous or mixed, and the butterfly occurs along woodland rides, in clearings and at wood edges. In the north, it occurs mostly in quite extensive areas of woodland, but in the south a line of trees can be sufficient to support a population. Each male claims his territory on a branch that gets the sun, projecting out of the crown of the tree, and waits there for a female to fly along. The foodplants are grasses that grow in woodland and damp grassland, such as fescues (Festuca spp.), false-bromes (Brachypodium spp.), meadow-grasses (Poa spp.), cock’s-foot (Dactylus spp.), Purple Moor-grass (Molinea caerulea) and Holcus spp. The female deposits her eggs singly on the blades of grass. Hibernation takes place as a caterpillar or pupa, deep down in a tussock of grass. The Speckled Wood has two to three generations a year.
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