Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Melitaeinae → tribe Melitaeini → subtribe Melitaeina → genus Melitaea → species Melitaea deserticola
Species name(s)
Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909 = Didymaeformia deserticola = Melitaea harterti Rothschild 1913.
Desert Fritillary
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15138
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Orange, Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Larva food plants
- Linaria aegyptiaca. [28]. Peter Khramov.
Subspecies Melitaea deserticola
- M. d. deserticola.
- M. d. macromaculata Belter, 1934.
- M. d. scotti Higgins, 1941.
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Text data: Peter Khramov.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
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