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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

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

Color characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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