Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909


Algieria, Biskra


Desert Fritillary
Mélitée de l'érémial
נמפית מדבר

Primary host-plants

FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
PlantaginaceaeAnarrhinum
Linaria aegyptiaca
Plantago media

Melitaea deserticola is a member of the clade Melitaea didyma

SpeciesAuthor
Melitaea abyssinicaOberthür, 1909
Melitaea acraeina(Staudinger, 1886)
Melitaea agarOberthür, 1886
Melitaea alaStaudinger, 1881
Melitaea alraschidHiggins, 1941
Melitaea ambrisiaHiggins, 1935
Melitaea arduinna(Esper, 1783)
Melitaea atheneStaudinger, 1881
Melitaea avinoviSheljuzhko, 1914
Melitaea casta(Kollar, [1848])
Melitaea chitralensisMoore, 1901
Melitaea deserticolaOberthür, 1909
Melitaea devyatkiniKolesnichenko, 2018
Melitaea didyma(Esper, 1778)
Melitaea didyminaStaudinger, 1886
Melitaea didymoidesEversmann, 1847
Melitaea enareaFruhstorfer, [1917]
Melitaea ferganaStaudinger, 1882
Melitaea infernalisGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
Melitaea interruptaKolenati, 1846
Melitaea jitkaWeiss & Major, 2000
Melitaea kotshubeji(Sheljuzhko, 1929)
Melitaea latonigenaEversmann, 1847
Melitaea lunulataStaudinger, 1901
Melitaea lutkoEvans, 1932
Melitaea meherparvariCarbonell, 2007
Melitaea mimeticaHiggins, 1940
Melitaea mixtaEvans, 1912
Melitaea nadezhdaeSheljuzhko, 1912
Melitaea robertsi(Butler, 1880)
Melitaea romanoviGrum-Grshimailo, 1891
Melitaea sarvistanaWiltshire, 1941
Melitaea saxatilisChristoph, 1873
Melitaea shanduraEvans, 1924
Melitaea sutschanaStaudinger, 1892
Melitaea trivia(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
Melitaea yuentyOberthür, 1886
Distribution
Images
Male, upperside.

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Female, upperside.

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Adult, underside.

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