| Melitaea athalia | (Rottemburg, 1775) |
TL: [France, Paris] (2600 m.)
Habitat
- Forest clearings
- Forest edges
- Glades
Similar species
- Automeris oaxacensis
- Melitaea cinxia
- Melitaea diamina
- Melitaea didyma
- Melitaea phoebe
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) ambigua
- Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria
- Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis
- Melitaea (Mellicta) caucasogenita
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione
- Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia
39-47 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
ČeskyHnědásek jitrocelový
DanskBrun pletvinge
DeutschGemeiner Scheckenfalter
DeutschWachtelweizen-Scheckenfalter
Eesti keelNiidu-tähnikvõrkliblikas
EnglishHeath Fritillary
EspañolAthalia
FrançaisMélitée des mélampyres
FrançaisMélitée du mélampyre
HrvatskiObična riđa
ItalianoAtalia
LietuviųPaprastoji šaškytė
MagyarKözönséges tarkalepke
NederlandsBosparelmoervlinder
NorskMarimjellerutevinge
PolskiPrzeplatka atalia
ShqipAthalia
SlovenčinaHnedáčik skorocelový
SrpskiAtalija
SuomeksiRatamoverkkoperhonen
SvenskaSkogsnätfjäril
TürkçeAmannisa
ΕλληνικάΚοινή μελιταία
БеларускаяШашачніца Аталія
РусскийШашечница аталия
УкраїнськаРябець Аталія
ქართულიმუქი-მურა კამათელა
中文黄蜜蛱蝶
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Orobanchaceae Melampyrum Cow-wheat Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae Veronica Speedwell - Secondary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Asteraceae Centaurea Knapweed Polygonaceae Bistorta officinalis Bistort Valerianaceae Valeriana officinalis Common Valerian
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Cinclidia athalia Hübner, 1818 Melitaea norvegica Aurivillius, 1888 Melitaea boris Fruhstorfer, 1917 Athaliaeformis athalia Vérity, 1950 Didymaeformis athalia Vérity, 1950 Mellicta neglecta Pfau, 1962
- Subspecies
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Species Author Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia baikalensis (Bremer, 1861)
- Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia 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
Butterfly Conservation Armenia
Insekten Box Wilfried Funk
Lepiforum e. V.
Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger
Russian insects Ilya Osipov
Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson
UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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