• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  Česky	Hnědásek alpský
  Deutsch	Kleiner Scheckenfalter
  Deutsch	Ostalpiner Scheckenfalter
  English	Little Fritillary
  Français	Mélitée des Grisons
  Italiano	Asteria
  Nederlands	Dwergparelmoervlinder

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Melitaea obscura	Hosp, 1923

• Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria is a member of the clade Melitaea aurelia:

• Species	Author
  Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria	Freyer, 1828
  Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia aurelia	Nickerl, 1850
  Melitaea (Mellicta) menetriesi	(Caradja, 1895)
  Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides	Keferstein, 1851
  Melitaea (Mellicta) rebeli	Wnukowsky, 1929
  Melitaea (Mellicta) varia	Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	euroButterflies	Matt Rowling
  	Lepidoptera and their ecology	Wolfgang Wagner
  	Lepiforum e. V.
  	Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa	Paolo Mazzei
  	The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species

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