Caradrina kadenii (Freyer, 1836)

Host plants:
The caterpillar lives polyphagous in gappy herb layer.

Habitat:
Caradrina kadenii is mostly found in warm dry open land, but may be encountered also elsewhere because of their agility.

Life cycle:
The caterpillar overwinters and the adults fly in two or three generations particularly from May to early October.

Remarks:
Caradrina kadenii is in Southern Europe and Western Asia (Asia Minor, Middle East) spread. To the north they came up earlier before the Alpensüdfuß. Presumably, in the wake of global warming, it was from about 2000 to spread northward. In Germany they reached such an Ontario (Upper Rhine, Stuttgart, etc.). The illustrated caterpillars were kindly provided by Christian Siegel (Hohenems) available.