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As a scientific name: Freyeria trochylus is a small butterfly from the eclipse family. In English, it is called the People’s Supper. In Israel, it flies in most areas of the country, from February to November.

The esophagual flucation belongs to the small type Freyeria containing three species. The scientific name of the type is named after Christian Friedrich Freier who first described the butterfly in this type in 1845.

The scope of circulation
The exploding range of the wide-ranging eclipse in the Old World region, from southeastern Europe to Africa and is being reviewed and continues to Asia through the Himalaya Mountains. It is common in the Mediterranean Coast region in Libya, Egypt, Lebanon, Israel, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Bulgaria (close to the Greek border) and east of Sicily, Tunisia and Algeria. He was also seen in North Macedonia.

In Israel, it is common in most areas of the country.

The habitat
The esophagus fly near the ground and land on low vegetation. It is common in open areas and rocky slopes with thin grass. He was seen in grass sharks, lawns in Somona and trails in forests. The height he lives wide and pleasantly between the sea level up to 2,000 meters.

description
The esophagus with wings rods of 15-18 mm, making it the small butterfly in Europe and India and one of the world’s small butterflys. His quick and close focus is very close to the ground, along with his very small size, especially key to his identification. Its front wings are brown, on the lower part of the lower wings two to four black spots surrounded by golden stripes on the top side of small white serons. Species in dry areas are much brighter than species in rainy areas. A thin dark brown limit will coal the wings and gates in the feathers of white wings.

The back wings in bright brown color, close to the butterfly body black spots surrounded by white. The sex does not sustain zig configurations and the main difference between the male and female is a dark brown color in the back wings of the male. At the edge of the wing, in the circular part, a thick dark brown limit. In the lower part of the lower back wings of the vaulted horns, four black spots surrounded by a thin white border and their side (as close to the edge of the wing) are prominent green-blue scales. These scales give the species his English folk name "a grassroots trick."

The edges of the crater, the head and stomach are brown. Hot colored with white spots. The head, the lower body and the chest is white.

The life cycle
The esophagus carry many generations a year.

Egged egg
The egg in white-rock paint, flat, and circulated on the network consisting of 20 ribs. Hosted about 0.45– 0.6 mm and heights about 0.3 mm. The female lays the eggs alone on the leaves of the plant or on the backs of an ice cream and species of the close.

The Shadow
The larvae is planted after about 5-6 days and does not eat the shell. The head of the black cylinder, bright, small from the rest of his body and is completely hidden when resting. The rest of his body is green, with a black-spoke strip along his back from the third to twelve. His body is covered with thin white hairs. On his body, bright pink stripes. The maximum size of the ovarian is 6–9 mm and is approximately 3–4 mm. The ovation is mainly fed by plants from the family of ovarians, especially ice cream, and species of the kind are hurled and indigofera. The diaper lives mainly on the leaves, flowers and buds. The period lasts from 8 to 11 days.

Golem
The incarnate occurs on the plant or on the earth. The length of the surf is 8-5 mm. His color first is bright green, and with his maturation becomes a heat for the reading of the score. The surf is closely covered except the wing area covered in a thiner layer. The time of exile is a week. During the winter period, the gull passes through diplomas