Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)

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 			

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

Melitaea phoebe aetherea Eversmann, 1851. [187]
M. p. albescens Eisner, 1942. [187]
M. p. alini Belter, 1944. [187]
M. p. allophylus Rütimeyer, 1942. [187]
M. p. almana Rebel. [187]
M. p. bethunebakeri de Sagarra, 1926. [187]
M. p. capreola Varga, 1967. [187]
M. p. changaica Seitz, [1909]. [9]
M. p. crassenigra Verity, 1928. [187]
M. p. emipunica Verity, 1919. [187]
M. p. enoch Higgins, 1941. [9]
M. p. gaisericus Hemming, 1941. [187]
M. p. galliaemontium Verity, 1928. [187]
M. p. guevara Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
M. p. kovacsi Varga, 1967. [187]
M. p. malvida Fruhstorfer. [187]
M. p. mandarina Seitz, [1909]. [9]
M. p. menelik Higgins, 1941. [187]
M. p. monilata Verity, 1928. [187]
M. p. monilataeformis Verity, 1919. [187]
M. p. narenta Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
M. p. nigroalternana Verity, 1919. [187]
M. p. occitanica Staudinger, 1861. [9]
M. p. ornata Christoph, 1893. [187]
M. p. ottonis Fruhstorfer, 1916. [9]
M. p. parascotosia Collier, 1933. [187]
M. p. parva Gerhard, 1882. [187]
M. p. phoebe. [9]
M. p. pseudosibina Alberti, 1969. [187]
M. p. rothschildi Romanoff. [187]
M. p. sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941. [187]
M. p. saturata Staudinger, 1892. [9]
M. p. sextilis Jachontov, 1909. [187]
M. p. sterlineata Turati, 1921. [187]
M. p. subcorythallia Verity, 1928. [187]
M. p. suboccitanica Verity, 1928. [187]
M. p. subtusca Verity, 1952. [187]
M. p. sylleion Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
M. p. tartara Krulikovski, 1890. [187]
M. p. tungana Seitz, [1909]. [9]
M. p. tungusa Herz, 1898. [9]
M. p. ufensis Krulikovski, 1902. [187]
M. p. virgilia Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
M. p. wagneri Wnukowsky, 1929. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Alexsandr Martukov, Andrey Sazykin.

Text data: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[1] O. Karsholt, J. Razowski (eds.), 1996. The Lepidoptera of Europe: a distributional checklist
[3] Каталог чешуекрылых (Lepidoptera) России. Под ред. С. Ю. Синёва. СПб.; М.: Товарищество научных изданий КМК, 2008
[5] Райххолф-Рим Х. Бабочки. М.: Астрель, 2002
[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[10] de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.) (2011) Fauna Europaea version 2.4 (faunaeur.org)
[28] Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa (leps.it), 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org