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Melitaea parthenoides (Keferstein, 1851)

Имаго Melitaea parthenoides

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 parthenoides

Species name(s)

Melitaea parthenoides (Keferstein, 1851) = Melicta parthenoides = Mellicta parthenoides (Keferstein, 1851). [9, 10, 85]

Meadow Fritillary.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8603

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Primary colors

Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Detailed information with references

Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations

  • Melicta parthenoides. [85].

Distribution

  • Germany, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Switzerland. [1].
  • Andorra, Austria, Germany, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Luxembourg, Portugal (mainland), France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Plantago lanceolata, Plantago alpina, Plantago media. [28].

Subspecies of Melitaea parthenoides

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photo: Mario Maier.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

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