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Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

Самка  (Melitaea phoebe)

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 phoebe

Species name(s)

Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Papilio phoebe Goeze, [1779] = Papilio paedotrophos Bergsträsser, 1780 = Papilio corythallia Esper, 1781 = Papilio tremulae Piller & Miterpacher, 1783 = Melitaea phoebe aethereaeformis Verity, 1919 = Melitaea phoebe alternans Seitz, 1909 = Melitaea phoebe canellina Stauder, 1922 = Melitaea phoebe dorae Graves, 1925 = Melitaea phoebe gerinia Fruhstorfer, 1916 = Melitaea phoebe koios Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Melitaea phoebe minoa Fruhstorfer, 1917 = Melitaea phoebe ogygia Fruhstorfer, 1908 = Melitaea phoebe rovia Fruhstorfer, 1919 = Melitaea phoebe tusca Verity, 1919 = Cinclidia phoebe = Melitaea (phoebe) phoebe = Melitaea alternans Seitz 1908 = Melitaea albina Verity 1904 = Melitaea caucasicola Verity 1919 = Melitaea confusa Joannis 1908 = Melitaea caradjai Niculescu 1957 = Melitaea changaica Seitz 1909 = Melitaea cinxioides Verity 1919 = Melitaea brunnea Van Oorschot 1966 = Melitaea caucasica Staudinger 1870 = Melitaea cinxioides Muschamp 1905 = Melitaea infrafasciata Hörhammer 1935 = Melitaea gurtleri Jonkl 1908 = Melitaea griseopicta Verity 1950 = Melitaea konigi Niculescu 1957 = Melitaea geyeri Aigner-Abafi 1906 = Melitaea enoch Higgins 1941 = Melitaea emipauper Verity 1919 = Melitaea fasciata Galvagni 1934 = Melitaea flavomarginata Van Oorschot 1966 = Melitaea fasciata Wiltshire 1946 = Melitaea deleta Verity 1919 = Melitaea medioastricta Verity 1950 = Melitaea nigromaculata Van Oorschot 1966 = Melitaea ornatiformis de Sagarra 1930 = Melitaea nigromaculata Niculescu 1957 = Melitaea nimbula Higgins 1941 = Melitaea nigropunctata Caruel 1944 = Melitaea phoebina Turati 1921 = Melitaea punicata Ragusa 1920 = Melitaea rostagnoi Turati 1921 = Melitaea pauper Verity 1919 = Melitaea rubrofasciata Gusic 1922 = Melitaea totila Stauder 1914 = Melitaea unifasciata Caruel 1944 = Melitaea telona Fruhstorfer 1908. [9, 10, 187]

Knapweed Fritillary.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 7.

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; #26. Predbaikalsky; #27. Pribaikalsky; #28. Zabaikalsky; #31. Yuzhno-Yakutsky; #36. Sredne-Amursky; #37. Nizhne-Amursky; #40. Primorsky.

Forewing length

19—21 mm.

Primary colors

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

Имаго  (Melitaea phoebe)

Detailed information with references

Distribution

  • Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Hungary, Germany, Greece, Spain, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, 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, Poland, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean Islands, 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, Transbaikalia, Western Caucasus, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny-Amur, Lower Volga, Prealtay , of Baikal, Pribaikalskiy,Seaside, Mid-Amur, the Volga-Average, Average Urals, Tuva, South West Siberian, South Ural, South Yakutia. [3].
  • Areal - midland and southern Russia, South Europe. [5].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

  • Length of front wing 2,1 cm. On the upper side of the wings black picture intense than most other checkered. [5].

General info about Imago

  • Checkered Phoebe flies on a sunny plot on a hillside, it prefers habitats with calcareous soils. [5].

Imago lifespan

  • Time volley - June. [5].

Larva food plants / other food objects

  • Cirsium, Carduus, Centaurea, Plantago. [28].
  • Cornflowers, thistle. [5].

Larva lifespan

  • The caterpillar lives from July to May, hibernates. [5].

Overwintering stage

  • Caterpillar. [5].

Subspecies of Melitaea phoebe

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexsandr Martukov, Andrey Sazykin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

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