TL: Algieria, Biskra
Similar species
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishDesert Fritillary 
FrançaisMélitée de l'érémial 
ייִדישנמפית מדבר
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Anarrhinum Plantaginaceae Linaria aegyptiaca Plantaginaceae Plantago media
- Melitaea deserticola is a member of the clade Melitaea didyma:
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Species Author Melitaea abyssinica Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea acraeina (Staudinger, 1886) Melitaea agar Oberthür, 1886 Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea alraschid Higgins, 1941 Melitaea ambrisia Higgins, 1935 Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783) Melitaea athene Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea avinovi Sheljuzhko, 1914 Melitaea casta (Kollar, [1848]) Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901 Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea devyatkini Kolesnichenko, 2018 Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Melitaea didymina Staudinger, 1886 Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea enarea Fruhstorfer, [1917] Melitaea fergana Staudinger, 1882 Melitaea infernalis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846 Melitaea jitka Weiss & Major, 2000 Melitaea kotshubeji (Sheljuzhko, 1929) Melitaea latonigena Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea lunulata Staudinger, 1901 Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 Melitaea meherparvari Carbonell, 2007 Melitaea mimetica Higgins, 1940 Melitaea mixta Evans, 1912 Melitaea nadezhdae Sheljuzhko, 1912 Melitaea robertsi (Butler, 1880) Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941 Melitaea saxatilis Christoph, 1873 Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924 Melitaea sutschana Staudinger, 1892 Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Melitaea yuenty Oberthür, 1886
- Links
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Language Website Authors African Butterfly Database euroButterflies Matt Rowling 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
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