TL: Russia, Orenburg (2300 m.)
Similar species
35-48 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
EnglishEastern Knapweed Fritillary
EnglishJerusalem fritillary
FrançaisMélitée égéenne
MagyarMagyar tarkalepke
ShqipLindorja
SlovenčinaHnedáčik panónsky
TürkçeEski Cezayirli İparhan
РусскийШашечница изящная
ייִדישנמפית ירושלים(דרדר)
زبان_فارسیفرچهپای اورشلیم
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Centaurea Knapweed
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Melitaea ogygia Fruhstorfer, 1908 Melitaea emipunica Vérity, 1919 Melitaea phoebe emipunica Vérity, 1919 Melitaea kovacsi Varga, 1967 Melitaea phoebe kovacsi Varga, 1967
- Melitaea ornata is a member of the clade Melitaea phoebe:
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Species Author Melitaea aetherie (Hübner, [1826]) Melitaea collina Lederer, 1861 Melitaea consulis Wiltshire, 1941 Melitaea gina Higgins, 1941 Melitaea kuchi Wyatt, 1961 Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893 Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Melitaea pseudornata Muñoz Sariot & Sánchez Mesa, 2019 Melitaea pseudosibina Alberti, 1969 Melitaea punica Oberthür, 1876 Melitaea scotosia Butler, 1878 Melitaea sibina Alphéraky, 1881 Melitaea turkmanica (Higgins, 1940) Melitaea yakovlevi Kolesnichenko, 2005
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Butterfly Conservation Armenia
Lepidoptera Caucasi Валентин Тихонов
Lepiforum e. V.
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