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  1. United Kingdom
  2. Apatura metis
Apatura metisFreyer, 1829
  1. Nymphalidae
  2. Apaturinae
  3. Apatura
  4.  metis
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TL: Croatia, Dunay river   (1500 m.)

Habitat

  • Stream and river banks

Similar species

  • Apatura ilia
  • Apatura iris
MU
FU

70-75 mm

MD
FD
  • Russia
  • Turkey
Regional distr. - legend
Phenogram based on the literature
  • Local names
  • LanguageVernacular name
    ArmenianՄեթիս շողշողիկ
    ČeskyBatolec podunajský
    DeutschÖstlicher Schillerfalter
    EnglishFreyer's Purple Emperor
    FrançaisPetit mars oriental
    HrvatskiPanonska preljevalica
    MagyarMagyar színjátszólepke
    PolskiMieniak metisowy
    ShqipPerandori i purpurt i Freyerit
    SlovenčinaDúhovec podunajský
    SrpskiPanonski prelivac
    TürkçeTrakya Ýmparatoru
    ΕλληνικάΑνατολική μενεξεδιά πεταλούδα
    ΕλληνικάΑπάτουρα η Μέτις
    РусскийПереливница метис
    УкраїнськаМінливець Метис
    中文细带闪蛱蝶
    日本語コムラサキ
    한국어황오색나비
  • Primary hostplants
  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    SalicaceaeSalix albaWhite Willow
  • Links
  • LanguageWebsiteAuthors
    Butterfly Conservation Armenia
    Lepidoptera and their ecologyWolfgang Wagner
    Lepiforum e. V.
    Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North AfricaPaolo Mazzei

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