Melanargia arge (Sulzer, 1776)
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Satyrinae → tribe Melanargiini → genus Melanargia → species Melanargia arge
Species name(s)
Melanargia arge (Sulzer, 1776) = Papilio arge Sulzer, 1776 = Agapetes crasseantelimbata Verity, 1953 = Agapetes nana Verity, 1953 = Agapetes posticecompleta Verity, 1953 = Palpio sicula Borkhausen, 1788. [9, 10, 187]
Italian Marbled White.
urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:8718
Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Palaearctic.
Detailed information with references
Distribution
- Italy. [1].
- Italy (mainland), Sicily. [10].
Larva food plants / other food objects
- Ampelodesmos mauritanicus, Stipa pennata and other representatives of the Poaceae. [28].
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
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
- [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
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