TL: [France, Paris] (2600 m.)
Habitat
- Forest clearings
- Forest edges
- Glades
Similar species
- Automeris oaxacensis
- Melitaea cinxia
- Melitaea diamina
- Melitaea didyma
- Melitaea phoebe
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) ambigua
- Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria
- Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis
- Melitaea (Mellicta) caucasogenita
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione
- Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia
32-47 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyHnědásek jitrocelový 
DanskBrun pletvinge 
DeutschGemeiner Scheckenfalter DeutschWachtelweizen-Scheckenfalter 
Eesti keelNiidu-tähnikvõrkliblikas 
EnglishHeath Fritillary 
EspañolDoncella Atalía 
FrançaisMélitée des mélampyres FrançaisMélitée du mélampyre 
HrvatskiObična riđa 
ItalianoAtalia ItalianoAtalia 
LatviešuNārbuļu raibenis 
LietuviųPaprastoji šaškytė 
MagyarKözönséges tarkalepke 
NederlandsBosparelmoervlinder 
NorskMarimjellerutevinge 
PolskiPrzeplatka atalia 
PortuguêsFritilária-escura 
ShqipAthalia 
SlovenčinaHnedáčik skorocelový 
SlovenščinaNavadni pisanček 
SrpskiAtalija 
SuomeksiRatamoverkkoperhonen 
SvenskaSkogsnätfjäril 
TürkçeAmannisa 
ΕλληνικάΚοινή μελιταία 
БеларускаяШашачніца Аталія 
РусскийШашечница аталия 
УкраїнськаРябець Аталія 
ქართულიმუქი-მურა კამათელა 
中文黄蜜蛱蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Orobanchaceae Melampyrum Cow-wheat Plantaginaceae Linaria Toadflax Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae Veronica Speedwell Scrophulariaceae Antirrhinum Snapdragon - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Centaurea Knapweed Polygonaceae Bistorta officinalis Bistort Valerianaceae Valeriana officinalis Common Valerian
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio athalia Rottemburg, 1775 Melitaea obsoleta Tutt, 1896 Melitaea virgata Tutt, 1896 Melitaea dorfmeisteri Hellweger, 1911 Melitaea progressiva Ksenzhopol'sky, 1911 Melitaea bifasciata Reverdin, 1914 Melitaea indigna Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea sohana Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea spadana Cabeau, 1922 Mellicta tectensis Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea mirefasciata Cabeau, 1923 Melitaea mirabilis Fernández, 1929 Melitaea aquilari Querci, 1932 Melitaea molpadia Varin, 1933 Melitaea phyciodina Hormuzaki, 1934 Melitaea benacensis Vérity, 1940 Melitaea pseudotelminia Vérity, 1940 Melitaea nigrobella Rocci, 1942 Melitaea flavoelongata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea ligata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea nigrathalia Johnstone, 1944 Melitaea subtusnigrescens Caruel, 1944 Melitaea unifasciata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea postfuscofasciata Goodson, 1960 Melitaea neglecta Pfau, 1962
- Subspecies
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Species Author Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia baikalensis (Bremer, 1861)
- Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia is a member of the clade Melitaea athalia:
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Species Author Melitaea (Mellicta) ambigua (Ménétriés, 1859) Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis Assmann, 1847 Melitaea (Mellicta) caucasogenita Vérity, 1930 Melitaea (Mellicta) celadussa Frühstorfer, 1910 Melitaea (Mellicta) deione (Geyer, 1832) Melitaea (Mellicta) plotina Bremer, 1861
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterfly Conservation Armenia Insekten Box Wilfried Funk Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Russian insects Ilya Osipov Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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