TL: South Europe (700 - 1800 m.)
32-46 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
CatalàDamer dels conillets 
EnglishProvençal Fritillary 
EspañolDeion 
FrançaisMélitée des Linaires 
NederlandsSpaanse parelmoervlinder 
РусскийМелликта деионе
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Digitalis Foxglove Plantaginaceae Linaria Toadflax Scrophulariaceae Antirrhinum Snapdragon
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Cinclidia deione Hübner, 1818 Melitaea berisalii Rühl, 1891 Athaliaeformis deione Vérity, 1950 Didymaeformis deione Vérity, 1950
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione 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 Anything but Common Peter Groenendijk euroButterflies Matt Rowling European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield 
Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön
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