Foodplants and Eggs
In the UK this species uses several species of violet as foodplant. In dryer areas Dog Violets are used whilst in wetter areas the foodplant is Bog Violet (Viola palustris)or Marsh Violet growing amongst Purple Moor-grass or Tufted Hair-grass. They prefer the damper areas more often. They also occur amongst bracken, where this is shading the appropriate violet species.
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