Marsh fritillary

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Euphydryas aurinia
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Male E. a. aurinia, Dorset
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Female E. a. aurinia, Dorset
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphydryas
Species:
E. aurinia
Binomial name
Euphydryas aurinia
(Rottemburg, 1775)
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Papilio artemisDenis & Schiffermüller, 1775
  • Papilio maturnaEsper, 1777
  • Papilio lyeBergsträsser, 1780
  • Papilio koloswarensisPiller & Mitterpacher, 1783
  • Papilio matutinaThunberg, 1791
  • Papilio meropeDe Prunner, 1798
  • Melitaea brunneaTutt, 1896
  • Melitaea ochreaTutt, 1896
  • Melitaea virgataTutt, 1896
  • Melitaea nanaRehfons, 1910
  • Melitaea turbidaGélin & Lucas, 1912
  • Melitaea unipunctaKiefer, 1916
  • Melitaea hoffmanniKiefer, 1916
  • Melitaea semifuscataCabeau, 1919
  • Melitaea epimolpadiaReverdin, 1919
  • Melitaea didymaHeinrich, 1923
  • Melitaea rectiangulaCabeau, 1924
  • Melitaea catheriniLe Charles, 1924
  • Melitaea perianthesCabeau, 1926
  • Melitaea interligataDerenne, 1926
  • Melitaea gracilensCabeau, 1927
  • Melitaea geminifasciataCabeau, 1927
  • Melitaea transversaCabeau, 1928
  • Melitaea deficiensCabeau, 1928
  • Melitaea leucophanaCabeau, 1928
  • Melitaea frigescensVerity, 1928
  • Melitaea morituraVerity, 1928
  • Melitaea debilisprovincialisVerity, 1928
  • Melitaea valentiniNitsche, 1928
  • Melitaea semigriseisCabeau, 1931
  • Melitaea tetramelanaCabeau, 1931
  • Melitaea semigracilensCabeau, 1931
  • Melitaea melanoleucaCabeau, 1932
  • Melitaea flavofasciataHackray, 1934
  • Melitaea insterburgiaBraun, 1937
  • Euphydryas albofasciataFrohawk, 1938
  • Euphydryas suffusaFrohawk, 1938
  • Melitaea infra-rectiangulaCaruel, 1939
  • Melitaea ocellataCaruel, 1944
  • Melitaea arcuataCaruel, 1944
  • Melitaea commaculaCaruel, 1944
  • Melitaea ligataCaruel, 1944
  • Melitaea splendidaMauny, 1949

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval stage lasts for approximately seven to eight months and includes a period of hibernation over the winter. The larvae are dependent on the host food plant Succisa pratensis not only for feeding but also for hibernation, because silken webs are formed on the host plant as the gregarious larvae enter hibernation. Females lay eggs in batches on the host plant and are, like other batch-layers, selective about the location of oviposition because offspring survivorship levels for batch-layers are more tied to location selection than they are for single-egg layers.

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As of 2019 the butterfly's global conservation status is considered of least concern, but it has faced rapid decline and is considered regionally vulnerable or endangered over much of its range.

Taxonomy

E. aurinia is represented by many subspecies. The most widely accepted are:

but the total number of described subspecies is much higher, especially in the eastern Palaearctic. The insect may be best considered a superspecies.

E.aurinia is in the subgenus Eurodryas The clade members are:

Description

Euphydryas aurinia has a wingspan of 30–42 millimetres (1.2–1.7 in) in males. [4] The females are usually larger than the males, with a wingspan of 40–50 millimetres (1.6–2.0 in). [5] These small butterflies are variable in markings and colouration, with many forms and subspecies. The adult butterflies usually show a chequered pattern of brown, orange, and yellow markings. Silver markings are present on the hindwing edge. The underside of the wings is patterned with yellow, orange, and brown without any silver colouration at all. [6] The eggs are yellow, and easily identified because of the large batch size. The larvae are black.

Distribution and habitat

This species is widespread in the Palearctic realm, from Ireland in the west to Yakutia in the east, and to north-west China and Mongolia in the south. [7] [8] The marsh fritillary is in decline in Europe and it is one of eleven butterflies covered by the United Kingdom Biodiversity Action Plan.[ citation needed ] Within the British Isles, it is more frequent in the south and west, but especially in Wales where there is a stronghold. [9]

This species lives in calcareous grassland, in woodland clearings, in damp marshy areas (hence the common name), and in heathy grassland, dominated by tussock forming grasses, including purple moor and rush pastures. In Finland, E. aurinia has been shown to favor semi-permanent grasslands and impermanent clearcuts in the forest. Young clearcuts were preferred over old clearcuts due to the dense growth of vegetation in old clearcut forests. [10] In the United Kingdom, two types of grasslands can be inhabited by E. aurinia: damp grasslands that are either neutral or acidophilus and dry grasslands that have an abundance of plants growing in lime-rich soil (calcicolous grasslands). [11] These butterflies can reach an elevation of 10–2,200 metres (33–7,218 ft) above sea level. [5]

In the British Isles, the marsh fritillary is usually found in damp, heathy grasslands that are called rhos pastures, from the Welsh word rhos meaning heath. Small populations can be an important element of the ecology because they produce many mobile individuals which can then found other populations. The marsh fritillary is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II). [9] The Devon Wildlife Trust owns a number of sites at which it monitors this species. Examples include Stowford Moor (near Holsworthy, Devon), Dunsdon nature reserve (near Bude), Mambury Moor (near Great Torrington), Vealand Farm nature reserve (near Holsworthy), and Volehouse Nature Reserve (near Holsworthy). In 2009, population counts had significantly increased from years 2007 and 2008. [12] In 2018, a breeding population was found in Carmarthenshire, Wales, after an absence of 50 years. [13]

In Lithuania (included into the Lithuanian Red Data Book since 2000, red list category-3 (R))(Rašomavičius, 2007) is protected insect species. [14] Euphydryas aurinia usually is found in natural and seminatural moist or wet oligotrophic grasslands (purple moorgrass and heath rush meadows), base rich fens, mostly in Eastern, North-Western and Central Lithuania, where its main foodplant Succisa pratensis (Dipsacaceae) is abundant. Inhabited patches frequently are situated along woodland edges or surrounded by bushes. Species is not found in Southern Lithuania where sandy soils predominate and in South-Western Lithuania where agriculture is very intensive. [15]

Factors for optimal habitat

The availability of larval food plant S. pratensis and grass height are the most important factors in providing an optimal habitat for E. aurinia.

Host plant availability

Because caterpillars live in communal webs formed around their host plant and hibernate through the winter inside the web, the density of host plant is a crucial factor in forming the habitat of E. aurinia. Studies have shown that the density of host plant is directly correlated to the number of larval webs found, which in turn is directly related to the number of adult butterflies. Therefore, a habitat suitable for the larvae can indirectly influence the proliferation of adult butterflies. [11]

Sward height

Not only is the density of host plant crucial for a favorable habitat, but also the height of the sward, the expanse of grass covering the area where E. aurinia lives. Sward height that is too short can lead to increased exposure of the larvae to predators and can cause limited food availability, leading to starvation. However, if the sward height is too tall and densely packed, then it becomes difficult for adult butterflies to locate the host plant to oviposit on. Thus, the level of sward height is most optimal when it is medium height. [11]

Food resources

Host plant for caterpillars

The caterpillars are known to feed primarily on Succisa pratensis and species of Digitalis , Plantago lanceolata , Knautia arvensis , Scabiosa succisa , Scabiosa columbaria, Veronica (Veronica dubravnaya, etc.), Geranium , Sambucus , Gentiana , Valeriana , Lonicera implexa , Filipendula , Spiraea and Viburnum . [7]

Methanol emission from feeding

One study measuring the level of volatiles released by plants that are consumed by herbivores has shown that huge amounts of methanol and other volatile substances (monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes and lipoxygenase-derived volatile compounds) are emitted by E. aurinia caterpillars feeding on the host plant S. pratensis. Methanol is a biochemically active compound that is commonly released by metabolic activities of anaerobic bacteria. [16]

Adult feeding

Adult butterflies feed on nectar opportunistically, so the density of host plant S. pratensis does not affect adult butterfly feeding. In fact, by the time adult butterflies emerge, S. pratensis does not even flower. [11] Adults are polyphagous and generally feed on Ranunculus ssp., Cirsium ssp., Leucantherum vulgare , Myosotis ssp., Rubus ssp most often. [17] They have also been observed feeding on Caltha palustris , also known as kingcup or marsh-marigold, and Ajuga reptans , also known as bugle or bugleweed. [18]

Parental care

Oviposition discrimination

E. aurinia females are batch-layers, meaning they lay a large number of eggs at one site. Because 200–300 eggs are at stake every time an egg-laying site is chosen, batch-laying females tend to undergo a discrimination phase in searching for a location to lay eggs on. Each plant can serve as an egg-laying site for four to five clusters of eggs, meaning that more than a thousand larvae may hatch on a single plant. If so, the newly hatched larvae will face serious food shortage and fierce competition for food, which has huge repercussions for offspring survivorship. Therefore, Euphydryas and other batch-laying females, such as Melitaeini females, spend more time choosing a place to lay eggs and are more selective when looking for a host plant. [19]

Size of host plant and vegetation density

Female oviposition depends largely on the size of host plant as well as density of vegetation cover. Studies have shown that females prefer to lay eggs on large host plants as opposed to smaller plants. This is to prevent food shortage and starvation of the larvae. Also, sparse, open vegetation structure is favored over dense, thick grasslands when the host plant S. pratensis is used for oviposition. [20] The presence of a tall non-host plant (e.g. Deschampsia caespitosa ) is negatively correlated with egg nests. [21] Therefore, abandoned meadows with lime-rich soil have been identified as oviposition sites. Often, E. aurinia will lay eggs at edges of such meadows because the vegetation structure and plant height fit the female butterfly preference for oviposition. [20] For such reasons, croplands are generally favored over meadows for oviposition because croplands tend to have concentrated numbers of large-sized host plants. [22]

Color of host plant

Females prefer to lay eggs on leaves with the highest chlorophyll contents. Therefore, the reflectance and chlorophyll concentration of leaves also affects the choice of oviposition site for E. aurinia. Chlorophyll content (the "greenness" of plants) can be an indicator for increased fitness of the host plant, which in turn will provide optimal growth opportunities for the newly hatched larvae. Females therefore use visual cues to seek out the greenest leaves to lay their eggs on. However, there are also indications that it is not high chlorophyll concentration but the presence of conspecific egg clusters which attracts females to oviposit on a certain leaf. [19]

Other favored factors for oviposition

In the Czech Republic, the presence of short grasses that can serve a cushion-like function (especially Nardus stricta) in the vicinity of the host plant was positively correlated with nest numbers. In general, conditions that promote host plant growth and proliferation are also favorable for nests. Dry, acidic conditions with limited nitrogen resources are preferred for nests because these conditions lead to short swards. Short swards facilitate larval basking, and thus is a factor considered by females during oviposition. [21]

Life cycle

Euphydryas aurinia is a univoltine species.

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Eggs

Egg

The eggs are laid in groups on the underside of leaves in May and June. Up to 350 are laid in a single batch. They turn from pale yellow when first laid, to bright yellow, then crimson, and finally to dark grey just prior to hatching.

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Young caterpillars

Caterpillar

The caterpillars hatch in about three weeks from the end of June onwards. There are six instars for E. aurinia larvae. The first four are gregarious, the first three being prehibernation instars and the fourth being post-hibernation. The first three instars form a communal web around the food plant S. pratensis and feed on the host plant for about three weeks. [16] The young caterpillars become conspicuous by the end of August. [4] In the autumn, they make stronger webs closer to the ground, usually within a dense grass tussock, where they will start to hibernate.

In the spring, the fourth instar emerges from hibernation. All three of the post-hibernation instars bask in the sun. Basking is a behavior in which the instar increases its body temperature using heat from solar radiation. This allows them to be relatively independent of ambient temperature, which promotes faster development. [23] During this time, they change color from brown to black.

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Pupa

Pupa

At the end of the sixth instar, pupae start forming. This occurs in the spring, around the end of March or beginning of April. [19] Pupation occurs low down deep within grass tussocks or dead leaves.

Adult

Adults emerge and undergo the flight period between May and June. [19] However, in southern regions, they can be on wing starting from late May. [4] [24] Adults have short life spans, usually lasting about two weeks. [10]

Migration

Metapopulations

Research on the population dynamics of the marsh fritillary has shown that they live in metapopulations. A metapopulation is defined as a collection of local populations that are connected together as a result of occasional dispersal. Amongst these some will disappear and others will be founded. [4] An important feature of metapopulations is that there will always be empty habitat within the system. It is possible for the majority of the habitat patches to be empty. The security of suitable places where the butterfly does not presently inhabit is essential to its survival in the long term.

Local dispersal

E. aurinia butterflies tend to exhibit sedentary behavior, which leads to an increase in local dispersal rather than regional or long-distance dispersal. Males are more likely to emigrate than females, and even so, E. aurinia rarely move to neighboring patches. The average local population size increases as a result of the limited mobility of adult butterflies. [25] Thus, the fluctuation of one habitat patch population size is unlikely to affect the population size of another habitat patch. [26] The relative turnover rate of extinction and recolonization of previously empty habitat patches is high for E. aurinia, which indicates that extinction of one local population can be balanced by re-colonization of another. Such classic metapopulation characteristics explain why there is greater within-population genetic structuring in E. aurinia. [26]

Mating

Mating is believed to occur randomly, as shown by the fact that there is no significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in E. aurinia populations. [27] Adult males display sedentary behavior, perching on bushes or grass. They observe and seek out females. Females mate once in their short lifetime and lay multiple batches of eggs. [17] Due to their short lifetime, females mate soon after they emerge from chrysalis. They bear so many eggs that they are unable to fly far distances until they lay the eggs and only crawl to nearby vegetation. Females are larger and less vibrant in color than males. [28]

Enemies

Known predators of E. aurinia are cuckoos, frogs, and toads, and the ground beetle Pterostichus versicolor. All of these predators prey on the larvae. [26] The caterpillars are liable to be attacked by the parasitoid wasp Apanteles bignellii , especially in warm spring weather. [29] The parasitoid displays gregarious parasitoid larval behavior, meaning more than one parasitoid progeny can develop fully in or on the host. In fact, three regular generations of A. bignelli occur in one generation of E. aurinia, usually between the pupae, adult, and egg stages of the host. [30] Also, parasitoid oviposition behavior is selective, meaning that A. bignelli is a specialist parasitoid. The percent of host population parasitized varies greatly, ranging from 0 to 80%. [26]

Symbiosis

Endosymbiotic bacteria Wolbachia have been detected in 19 United Kingdom populations at 100% prevalence. When tested for phenotypes such as cytoplasmic incompatibility, sex ratio distortion, mutualistic or neutral relationship, there seemed to be no conclusive phenotype of the endosymbiotic bacteria. Although strains closely matched to the identified Wolbachia bacteria strain were shown to be sex ratio distorters, no sex ratio distortion was observed in the E. aurinia populations. Therefore, further research needs to be done to conclude what the phenotype of this symbiotic bacteria is. Possible explanation for the stable sex ratio in E. aurinia despite the presence of Wolbachia may be the evolution of traits in the host that suppress the Wolbachia phenotype from being expressed. If this is the case, then the apparent lack of phenotype of the Wolbachia bacteria can be explained as phenotype suppression. [11]

Conservation

As of 2021 the butterfly's conservation status is globally considered of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources. [1] However, several areas report regional decreases in population.

Fluctuations of the population

Major fluctuations of local patch populations of E. aurinia have been reported in western England, with the population number reaching peaks in the 1890s and mid 1920s at population sizes around 40,000 and 1,000 respectively. Despite the massive number of larvae and pupae observed during these two periods of maximal population growth, the population frequency of E. aurinia fluctuated drastically as the number of caterpillars observed dropped as low as 16 caterpillars in 1920 after a "diligent search". [31] [32] Thus, E. aurinia serves as a good indicator of environmental changes due to its vulnerability to habitat changes.

Habitat loss

Short film on the Marsh Fritillary by Natural Resources Wales

As of 2017, rapid decline of the population had been observed in Denmark due to loss of habitat and host plants. [33]

Because the larval stage is highly dependent on the host food plant S. pratensis, decline in the availability of the host plant leads to negative effects on the E. aurinia population. Decline of natural habitats for S. pratensis is correlated with decline in the host plant population. Due to cultivation and shift of land use from traditional farming to grazing, the frequency of S. pratensis populations has declined over the past few years. Damp, basic soil is suitable for high S. pratensis frequency. Environmental changes such as acidification and eutrophication have led to a decline in available optimal habitat for S. pratensis, and consequently for E. aurinia. [33]

As of 2019 the butterfly had become regionally extinct over much of its former range in the UK. [9] The population size in the UK had decreased by 60% over the period during which records have been kept. [9] Human activities such as modern farming altered their main habitat – England's damp meadows – and have changed the climate as well. This loss of major habitats has led to fragmentation and isolation of E. aurinia populations, thus leading to metapopulation formation.[ citation needed ]E. aurinia is more vulnerable to extinction in the small subpopulations that comprise the metapopulation.[ citation needed ]

According to the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in 2019, the population has "declined dramatically in Europe and is regarded as endangered or vulnerable in most of its European range," and the remaining populations in the UK and Spain are considered the "European strongholds" for the species. [9]

Management

Moderate farming activity can be beneficial to the E. aurinia population because it can lead to sparsely-vegetated, open landscape which is suitable for E. aurinia larvae. [11] Research has shown that the female butterflies prefer to lay their eggs in cropland over meadows. This can be explained by the fact that vegetation is less dense and the host plants tend to be larger in size on cropland. [22] However, excessive landscape changes that come with modern farming techniques can lead to drastic changes in the E. aurinia population. There have been efforts made to re-introduce butterflies into empty patches of habitat to increase re-colonization, and techniques such as controlled burns and cattle grazing have also been utilized to promote E. aurinia population growth. [11] These areas are monitored for indicators of success such as the frequency of larval webs and the frequency of flowers and larval food plant.

Grazing

Cattle grazing is a common method which has been adopted in response to the declining E. aurinia population. An intermediate level of grazing can help maintain moist grasslands, which are optimal for S. pratensis and E. aurinia. However, overgrazing can lead to short host plants, which can lead to shortage of food for the newly hatched larvae. Under-grazing can lead to growth of dense, scrubby plants, which is also unsuitable and unfavored by the female butterflies. [11] The aim is to produce an uneven patchwork of short and long vegetation by the end of the grazing period, between 8 and 25 cm.

Swaling

Another common method for conservation efforts is swaling, which is a form of land management where controlled burning is used to prevent overgrowth of vegetation and promote wildlife biodiversity. Though it is a temporary solution, swaling can provide suitable habitat conditions for E. aurinia. Criticism against swaling include the fact that it is only a temporary solution, and the possibility that swaling can kill masses of E. aurinia larvae if done at the wrong time of the year. [11]

Re-introduction of butterflies

Lastly, in extreme cases, efforts to re-introduce E. aurinia butterflies into empty patches of habitat have been attempted in order to increase the colonization rate. Because this method involves extreme human intervention to promote patch population formation, this method is also a temporary fix and used only in rare, extreme cases of local extinction. [11]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bay checkerspot butterfly</span> Subspecies of butterfly

The Bay checkerspot is a butterfly endemic to the San Francisco Bay region of the U.S. state of California. It is a federally threatened species, as a subspecies of Euphydryas editha.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Madrone butterfly</span> Species of butterfly

Eucheira socialis, commonly known as the madrone butterfly is a lepidopteran that belongs to the family Pieridae. It was first described by John O. Westwood in 1834. Locally known as Mariposa del madroño or tzauhquiocuilin, it is endemic to the highlands of Mexico, and exclusively relies on the madrone as a host-plant. The species is of considerable interest to lepidopterists due to gregarious nest-building in the larval stages, and heavily male-biased sex ratio. It takes an entire year for this adult butterfly to develop from an egg. The eggs are laid in the month of June and the adults emerge the following May–June. The adults have a black and white pattern on their wings, and the males are generally much smaller and paler than the females. The larvae do not undergo diapause and continue to feed and grow communally in the coldest months of the year. There are two subspecies of E. socialis, named E. socialis socialis and E. socialis westwoodi.

<i>Niphanda fusca</i> Species of butterfly

Niphanda fusca is a parasitic butterfly primarily found in East Asian countries such as Japan and Korea. It is a "cuckoo-type" parasite of the ant Camponotus japonicus. It utilizes chemical mimicry to trick the host worker ants into adopting it while it is a third-instar caterpillar. From there, it is fed mouth-to-mouth by the worker ants as though it were one of their own young.

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