Melitaea trivia (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 trivia

Species name(s)

Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) = Papilio trivia [Schiffermüller], 1775 = Papilio iphigenia Esper, 1782 = Papilio antigonus Herbst, 1800 = cleo (Latreille, 1803) = Melitaea trivia interrupta Skala, 1907 = Melitaea didyma aabaca Fruhstorfer, 1917 = Melitaea trivia lathon Fruhstorfer, 1917 = Melitaea catapeloides Stauder, 1918 = Melitaea trivia tigris Higgins, 1941 = Didymaeformia trivia = Melitaea aabaca Fruhstorfer 1917 = Melitaea antigonus Herbst 1800 = Melitaea ardens Erfurth 1923 = Melitaea catapelia Staudinger 1886 = Melitaea catapelioides Stauder 1918 = Melitaea equivalens de Sagarra 1924 = Melitaea fascelis Esper 1783 = Melitaea fasciata Eisner 1942 = Melitaea flavescens Eisner 1942 = Melitaea hoffmanni Skala 1908 = Melitaea ignasiti de Sagarra 1926 = Melitaea iphigenia Esper 1782 = Melitaea latemarginata Grund 1913 = Melitaea melanina Grund 1913 = Melitaea microignasita Verity 1950 = Melitaea microsyriaca Verity 1950 = Melitaea ornata Grund 1913 = Melitaea phoebe Esper 1778 = Melitaea pusilla Heydemann 1954 = Melitaea quercii Rocca 1946 = Melitaea radiata Skala 1907 = Melitaea robertsi Butler 1880 = Melitaea striata Gusic 1922 = Melitaea syriaca Rebel 1905 = Melitaea tenuisignata Skala 1912 = Melitaea tigris Higgins 1941 = Melitaea variegata Grund 1913 = Melitaea vernalis Eisner 1942. [9, 10, 187]

Lesser Spotted Fritillary.

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Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 4.

Zoogeographical regions

Palaearctic.

Russia regions

#7. Evropeisky yuzhno-tayozhny; #9. Evropeisky Tsentralno-Chernozyomny; #10. Sredne-Volzhsky; #11. Volgo-Donsky; #12. Nizhnevolzhsky; #13. Zapadno-Kavkazsky; #14. Vostochno-Kavkazsky; #16. Sredne-Uralsky*; #17. Yuzhno-Uralsky; #24. Gorno-Altaisky; #25. Tuvinsky.

* An asterisk denotes a region for which the species is listed as an migrant or information that requires additional checking.

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, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece, Spain, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and the Soviet Union - the European part of Turkey - European part of the Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [1].
Albania, Andorra, Bulgaria, Hungary, Greece (mainland), Dodecanese Islands, Spain (mainland), Italy (mainland), Macedonia, Portugal (mainland), Russia, Romania, North Aegean, Slovakia, Turkey (European part), Ukraine, Czech Republic, Yugoslavia. [10].
Regions of the Russian Federation: the Volga-Don, East Caucasus, Gorno-Altaisk, the European Central Black Earth, the European southern taiga, the Western Caucasus, Lower Volga, Volzhsky Medium, Medium-Ural (?), Tuva, Southern Urals. [3].
Distribution: Southern Europe. In the north of its range, it reaches Central Europe (Austria, southern Slovakia), in the east — to Iran and Pakistan. [85].

General info about Imago

It flies on forest lawns and bushy slopes, on warm, sunny areas. [85].

Imago lifespan

From May to June, the second generation — in July. [85].

Larva food plants / other food objects

Verbascum. [28].
Коровяк медвежье ухо. И никак иначе. [85].

Larva lifespan

Melitaea trivia caterpillars live from summer to May of the following year. [85].

Subspecies of Melitaea trivia

Melitaea trivia blotei Eisner, 1942. [187]
M. t. catamesoides Verity, 1950. [187]
M. t. catananoides Verity, 1950. [187]
M. t. catapelia Staudinger, 1886. [9]
M. t. caucasi Verity, 1922. [9]
M. t. chorosana Shchetkin, 1984. [9]
M. t. djugjurensis Eisner, 1942. [187]
M. t. fascelis (Esper, 1783). [9]
M. t. ignasiti Sagarra, 1926. [9]
M. t. mercea Evans, 1912. [187]
M. t. nana Staudinger, 1871. [9]
M. t. nativa Tuzov, 2000. [9]
M. t. nigrofasciata Gusic, 1922. [187]
M. t. paula Obraztsov, 1936. [187]
M. t. petri Shchetkin, 1984. [9]
M. t. pseudodidyma Rebel, 1906. [187]
M. t. salamancaensis Eisner, 1942. [187]
M. t. singularia Korshunov, 1995. [9]
M. t. stemmleri Collier, 1933. [187]
M. t. uvarovi Gorbunov, 1995. [9]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vladimir Deryabin, Evgeny Komarov.

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
[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
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org