Melitaea varia (Meyer-Dur, 1851)
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 varia
Species name(s)
Melitaea varia (Meyer-Dur, 1851) = Mellicta varia. [10, 85]
Grisons Fritillary.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8607
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Primary colors
Orange, Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Distribution
- Austria, Italy, France, Switzerland. [1].
- Austria, Italy (mainland), France (mainland), Switzerland. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Gentiana, Gentianella, Plantago, Pedicularis. [28].
Subspecies of Melitaea varia
- Mellicta varia barnumi Dujardin, 1948. [187]
- M. v. gilbon Fruhstorfer, 1917. [187]
- M. v. piana Higgins, 1930. [187]
- M. v. turiniensis Dujardin, 1948. [187]
- M. v. variabella Verity, 1931. [187]
- M. v. varissima Verity, 1914. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Simon Coombes, Paolo Mazzei. 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
- [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
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