| Melitaea cinxia | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
TL: [Sweden] (3000 m.)
Habitat
- Heathlands, moorlands
- Peaty meadows
- Tundra
- Waterlogged meadows
Similar species
- Euphydryas intermedia
- Euphydryas (Eurodryas) aurinia
- Euphydryas (Eurodryas) desfontainii
- Euphydryas (Hypodryas) cynthia
- Melitaea arduinna
- Melitaea diamina
- Melitaea didyma
- Melitaea phoebe
- Melitaea punica
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea turkmanica
- Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria
- Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione
- Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia
37-47 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
ArmenianՑինքսիա 
CatalàDamer puntejat 
ČeskyHnědásek kostkovaný 
DanskOkkergul pletvinge 
DeutschWegerich-Scheckenfalter 
Eesti keelRõmme-tähnikvõrkliblikas 
EnglishGlanville Fritillary 
EspañolDoncella punteada 
FrançaisMélitée du plantain 
HrvatskiTrpučeva riđa 
ItalianoCinzia 
LietuviųRudgelsvė šaškytė 
MagyarRéti tarkalepke 
NederlandsVeldparelmoervlinder 
NorskPrikkrutevinge 
PolskiPrzeplatka cinksia 
ShqipCinksia 
SlovenčinaHnedáčik mriežkovaný 
SrpskiCrnooki šarenac 
SuomeksiTäpläverkkoperhonen 
SvenskaÄngsnätfjäril 
TürkçeÝparhan 
ΕλληνικάΜελιταία του πεντάνευρου 
РусскийШашечница опоясанная РусскийШашечница цинксия 
УкраїнськаРябець рудий 
ქართულიჩვეულებრივი კამათელა 
中文庆网蛱蝶 
ייִדישנמפית ברוניקה
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Plantaginaceae Plantago coronopus Buckshorn Plantain Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae Plantago major Ratstail Plantain Plantaginaceae Plantago media Plantaginaceae Veronica austriaca Broadleaf speedwell Plantaginaceae Veronica spicata Spiked Speedwell Plantaginaceae Veronica teucrium
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Mellicta cinxia Linnaeus, 1758 Cinclidia cinxia Hübner, 1818 Athaliaeformis cinxia Vérity, 1950 Didymaeformis cinxia Vérity, 1950
- Melitaea cinxia is a member of the clade Melitaea cinxia:
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Species Author Melitaea amoenula C. & R. Felder, [1867] Melitaea arcesia Bremer, 1861 Melitaea balbita (Moore, 1874) Melitaea bellona Leech, [1892] Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758) Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789) Melitaea jezabel Oberthür, 1886 Melitaea protomedia (Ménétriés, 1859) Melitaea sindura (Moore, 1865)
- Links
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Language Website Authors British Butterflies Steven Cheshire Butterfly Conservation Armenia European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger Plants parasites of Europe Willem N. Ellis Russian insects Ilya Osipov Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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