TL: (600 - 3300 m.)
Habitat
- Mountain pastures
- Sunny slopes
32-42 mm
32-45 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ČeskyHnědásek horský 
DanskBjergpletvinge 
DeutschAlpen-Scheckenfalter DeutschVeilchen-Scheckenfalter 
EnglishCynthia`s Fritillary 
FrançaisDamier de l'alchémille FrançaisDamier des alpages 
ItalianoEfidriade di Cinzia 
MagyarHavasi tarkalepke 
NederlandsWitbonte parelmoervlinder 
PolskiPrzeplatka alpejska 
РусскийШашечница пегая
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Plantago alpina Alpine Plantain Rosaceae Alchemilla Lady's Mantle Violaceae Viola Violet
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Papilio cynthia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775 Melitaea alpicola Galvagni, 1918 Melitaea aurinoides Kiefer, 1918 Melitaea latevittata Pionneau, 1936
- Links
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Language Website Authors European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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