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title: "Bont zandoogje"
description: "Pararge aegeria — Insecten en spinnen. The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic realm."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/speckled-wood
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Bont zandoogje

> Pararge aegeria — Insecten en spinnen. The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic realm.

- Scientific name: *Pararge aegeria*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 143909
- Wikidata: [Q663181](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q663181)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52592](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52592)

## Names

- en: Speckled Wood
- de: Waldbrettspiel
- es: Mariposa de los muros
- fr: Tircis
- nl: Bont zandoogje
- pl: Osadnik egeria

## Countries with the most observations

GB (39093), FR (18917), ES (15295), DE (10407), IT (9820), PT (9312), DK (4311), NL (4285), AT (3920), RU (3136), CZ (2130), BE (2054)

## Summary

The speckled wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodland areas throughout much of the Palearctic realm. The species is subdivided into multiple subspecies, including Pararge aegeria aegeria, Pararge aegeria tircis, Pararge aegeria oblita, and Pararge aegeria insula. The color of this butterfly varies between subspecies. The existence of these subspecies is due to variation in morphology down a gradient corresponding to a geographic cline. The background of the wings ranges from brown to orange, and the spots are either pale yellow, white, cream, or a tawny orange. The speckled wood…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckled_wood_(butterfly)

## Photo

![Bont zandoogje](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/speckled-wood/medium.jpg)

Photo: Amrit Dehal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/81406480

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/speckled-wood?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).