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. [9, 85, 187]
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 / other food objects
- Linaria aegyptiaca. [28].
Subspecies of Melitaea deserticola
- Melitaea deserticola deserticola. [9]
- M. d. macromaculata Belter, 1934. [9]
- M. d. scotti Higgins, 1941. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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