from the chalk district of the Jura, Switzerland, has the ground colour of the basal and marginal areas much whiter; — statices Gregs.

is a dark smaller race from the Isle of Man; its main difference is that the inner and outer lines edging the blackish median area are more distinctly and broadly white, especially below the middle; the amount of yellow scaling is variable.

Larva reddish brown, thickly speckled with tiny dark dots, which form a dorsal and two broader subdorsal.

The larvae feed on various plants, including Plantago, Taraxacum, Verbascum, Rumex, Lonicera and Prunus padus.

[2] Subspecies statices has been recorded on various low growing plants, including Armeria maritima and seems to prefer the flowers.