| Melitaea didyma | (Esper, 1778) |
TL: [Germany, Bavaria] (2600 m.)
Habitat
- Glades
- Heathlands, moorlands
Similar species
- Melitaea ala
- Melitaea cinxia
- Melitaea diamina
- Melitaea interrupta
- Melitaea kotshubeji
- Melitaea latonigena
- Melitaea ninae
- Melitaea phoebe
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria
- Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione
- Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia
36-49 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name
ArmenianԴիդիմա
CatalàDamer roig
ČeskyHnědásek květelový
DanskRød Pletvinge
DeutschRoter Scheckenfalter
Eesti keelLõuna-tähnikvõrkliblikas
EnglishRed-band Fritillary
EnglishSpotted Fritillary
EspañolDoncella timida
FrançaisMélitée orangée
HrvatskiCrvena riđa
ItalianoFritillaria
LietuviųSmiltyninė šaškytė
MagyarTüzes tarkalepke
NederlandsTweekleurige parelmoervlinde
NederlandsTweekleurige parelmoervlinder
PolskiPrzeplatka didyma
PortuguêsDidima
ShqipKuqaloshja
SlovenčinaHnedáčik pyštekový
SlovenščinaRdeči pisanček
SrpskiPlameni šarenac
SuomeksiIdän verkkoperhonen
SvenskaFläckig nätfjäril
TürkçeBenekli Ýparhan
ΕλληνικάΠορτοκαλιά μελιταία
РусскийШашечница дидима
РусскийШашечница красная
УкраїнськаРябець червоний
ქართულიწითელი კამათელა
中文狄网蛱蝶
ייִדישנמפית לבנון
زبان_فارسینوارقرمزی خالدار
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae Veronica Speedwell Polygonaceae Bistorta officinalis Bistort Scrophulariaceae Verbascum Mullein Valerianaceae Valeriana officinalis Common Valerian
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Mellicta didyma Esper, 1778 Cinclidia didyma Hübner, 1818 Melitaea occidentalis Staudinger, 1861 Melitaea meridionalis Staudinger, 1870 Athaliaeformis didyma Vérity, 1950 Didymaeformis didyma Vérity, 1950
- Melitaea didyma is a member of the clade Melitaea didyma:
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Species Author Melitaea abyssinica Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea acraeina (Staudinger, 1886) Melitaea agar Oberthür, 1886 Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea alraschid Higgins, 1941 Melitaea ambrisia Higgins, 1935 Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783) Melitaea athene Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea avinovi Sheljuzhko, 1914 Melitaea casta (Kollar, [1848]) Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901 Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea devyatkini Kolesnichenko, 2018 Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Melitaea didymina Staudinger, 1886 Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea enarea Fruhstorfer, [1917] Melitaea fergana Staudinger, 1882 Melitaea infernalis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846 Melitaea jitka Weiss & Major, 2000 Melitaea kotshubeji (Sheljuzhko, 1929) Melitaea latonigena Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea lunulata Staudinger, 1901 Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 Melitaea meherparvari Carbonell, 2007 Melitaea mimetica Higgins, 1940 Melitaea mixta Evans, 1912 Melitaea nadezhdae Sheljuzhko, 1912 Melitaea robertsi (Butler, 1880) Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941 Melitaea saxatilis Christoph, 1873 Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924 Melitaea sutschana Staudinger, 1892 Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Melitaea yuenty Oberthür, 1886
- Links
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Language Website Authors
Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner
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Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei
Russian insects Ilya Osipov
Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön
UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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