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Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)

Самка  (Melitaea didyma)

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 didyma

Species name(s)

Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) = Papilio didyma Esper, 1778 = Papilio cytheris Mueschen, 1781 = Papilio athulia Fabricius, 1787 = orientalis Herrich-Schäffer, 1856 = alpina Staudinger, 1861 = occidentalis Staudinger, 1861 = meridionalis Staudinger, 1861 = dalmatina Staudinger, 1861 = graeca Staudinger, 1861 = rossica Staudinger, 1861 = Didymaeformia didyma = Melitaea (didyma) didyma = Melitaea ambra Higgins 1941 = Melitaea dschungarica Oberthür 1909 = Melitaea ignaea Verity 1929 = Melitaea majellensis Dannehl 1927 = Melitaea marginata Skala 1907 = Melitaea marginimaculata Kautz 1923 = Melitaea mauritii Reverdin 1918 = Melitaea minor Kzienschopolsky 1911 = Melitaea minor Nicolesco 1948 = Melitaea mireio Foulquier 1923 = Melitaea moulinsi Trimoulet 1924 = Melitaea nigerrima Schultz 1908 = Melitaea nigra Skala 1907 = Melitaea nigralba Febvay du Couedic 1934 = Melitaea nigrita Skala 1908 = Melitaea nigroguttata Sovinsky 1927 = Melitaea nominoe Oberthür 1900 = Melitaea oblongomaculata Skala 1908 = Melitaea ocellata Skala 1907 = Melitaea ochracea Skala 1908 = Melitaea pallida Skala 1907 = Melitaea pieszczeki Skala 1909 = Melitaea problematica Sheljuzhko 1929 = Melitaea pudica Stichel 1901 = Melitaea pumila Verity 1919 = Melitaea radiata Aigner-Abafi 1906 = Melitaea radiata Herold 1930 = Melitaea radiata Oberthür 1909 = Melitaea robiginosa Kardakoff 1928 = Melitaea romula Verity 1922 = Melitaea romulanigra Verity 1950 = Melitaea rubida Verity 1919 = Melitaea speciosa Schultz 1908 = Melitaea storacei Berio 1942 = Melitaea striata Skala 1907 = Melitaea tenuisignata Skala 1907 = Melitaea unifasciata Caruel 1944 = Melitaea wullschlegei Oberthür 1909 = Melitaea ziegleri Stichel 1900 = Melitaea zinburgi Skala 1907. [9, 10, 187]

Spotted Fritillary.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 5.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#1. Kaliningradsky; #4. Evropeisky Severo-Zapadny; #7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #8. Evropeisky Tsentralny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #20. Yuzhno-Zapadnosibirsky; #22. Krasnoyarsky; #23. Predaltaisky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky.

Primary colors

Red, Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Flight time

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Larva lifespan

January February March April May June July August September October November December

Самец  (Melitaea didyma)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicily, Slovakia, the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of France, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [1].
  • Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, Greece (mainland), Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean,Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, France (mainland), Croatia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Estonia, Yugoslavia. [10].
  • Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European North-West, the European Central Black Earth, the European Central European South taiga, the Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Lower Volga, Prealtay, Mid-Volzhsky, Average -Uralsky, Tuva, South West Siberian,South Ural. [3].
  • Ареал красной шашечницы охватывает Северную Африку, почти всю Европу, а также Центральную Азию. Нет этой бабочки в Великобритании, Дании и Голландии. [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Как и следует из названия бабочки, основной фон ее окраса не рыжий, как у многих других шашечниц и перламутровок, а красный. При этом самки заметно темнее самцов. Образует огромное количество географических и индивидуальных форм. [85].

General info about Imago

  • Места лёта — луга и просеки, изреженные кустарники. [85].

Imago lifespan

  • Май—июнь и июль—август. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Plantago, Veronica, Digitalis, Valeriana, Verbascum, Antirrhinum, Linaria, Stachys. [28].
  • Подорожник, валериана, коровяк, вероника и другие. [85].

Larva lifespan

  • Гусеница Melitaea didyma живет с лета до апреля—мая следующего года, зимует. [85].

Pupa

  • Стадия куколки длится около 2 недель. [85].

Overwintering stage

  • Гусеница. [85].

Subspecies of Melitaea didyma

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Nadin Flegontova, Igor Torgachkin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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