TL: Alps (9000 - 2600 m.)
28-38 mm
Regional distr. - legend
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
DeutschBündner Scheckenfalter DeutschWestalpiner Scheckenfalter 
EnglishGrisons Fritillary 
FrançaisMélitée alpine 
ItalianoMelitea variabile
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Gentianaceae Gentiana acaulis Stemless gentian Gentianaceae Gentiana verna Spring Gentian Gentianaceae Gentianella Dwarf gentian Plantaginaceae Plantago alpina Alpine Plantain
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Melitaea nigrocingulata van Oorschot, 1966
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia is a member of the clade Melitaea aurelia:
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Species Author Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria Freyer, 1828 Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia aurelia Nickerl, 1850 Melitaea (Mellicta) menetriesi (Caradja, 1895) Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides Keferstein, 1851 Melitaea (Mellicta) rebeli Wnukowsky, 1929 Melitaea (Mellicta) varia Herrich-Schäffer, [1851]
- Links
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Language Website Authors euroButterflies Matt Rowling 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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