| Melanargia galathea | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
TL: Germany (2500 m.)
Habitat
- Dry meadows
- Forest edges
- Glades
- Steppes
- Waysides
46-56 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianԳալաթեյա բազմակն 
CatalàEscac aranès 
ČeskyOkáč bojínkový 
DanskGalathea 
DeutschSchachbrett 
Eesti keelValgesilmik 
EnglishMarbled White 
EspañolMedioluto norteña 
FrançaisDemi-deuil 
HrvatskiŠahovnica 
ItalianoGalatea 
LatviešuRaibais samtenis 
LietuviųJuodmargis satyras 
MagyarSakktáblalepke 
NederlandsDambordje 
PolskiPolowiec szachownica 
ShqipGalatea 
SlovenčinaOčkáň timotejkový 
SrpskiŠahovničar 
SuomeksiRuutuperhonen 
SvenskaSchackbräde 
TürkçeOrman Melikesi 
ΕλληνικάΚοινή σκακιέρα 
БългарскиШахматна пеперуда 
МакедонскиШах табла 
РусскийГалатея РусскийПестроглазка галатея 
УкраїнськаМереживниця Галатея 
ქართულიგალათეა 
中文加勒白眼蝶 
日本語ヨーロッパシロジャノメ 
العربيةفراشة بيضاء رخامية
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Cyperaceae Carex alba Small white sedg Poaceae Agropyron Wheatgrass Poaceae Brachypodium pinnatum Tor-grass Poaceae Bromus Brome Poaceae Dactylis Cocksfoot Poaceae Festuca ovina Sheep's Fescue Poaceae Festuca rubra Red Fascue Poaceae Holcus Fog Poaceae Phleum Timothy Poaceae Poa pratensis Smooth Meadow-grass
- Subspecies
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Species Author Melanargia (Melanargia) galathea donsa Fruhstorfer, 1916 Melanargia (Melanargia) galathea galathea (Linnaeus, 1758) Melanargia (Melanargia) galathea satnia Fruhstorfer, 1917 Melanargia (Melanargia) galathea tenebrosa Fruhstorfer, 1917
- Links
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Language Website Authors British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepidoptera Caucasi Валентин Тихонов Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Russian insects Ilya Osipov Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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