Melitaea asteria

Last updated

Little fritillary
NW142-19 Melitaea asteria (3430846249).jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. asteria
Binomial name
Melitaea asteria

Melitaea asteria, the little fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1] It is found in the Alps of Europe.

The larva feeds on Plantago alpina .

Related Research Articles

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

The Glanville fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is named for the naturalist who discovered it and the checkerboard pattern on its wings. These butterflies live in almost all of Europe, especially Finland, and in parts of northwest Africa. They are absent from the far north of Europe and parts of the Iberian Peninsula. To the east they are found across the Palearctic.

<i>Melitaea diamina</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea diamina, the false heath fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

<i>Melitaea</i> Genus of butterflies

Melitaea is a genus of brush-footed butterflies. They are here placed in the tribe Melitaeini of subfamily Nymphalinae; some authors elevate this tribe to subfamily rank.

<i>Melitaea didyma</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea didyma, the spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

<i>Melitaea phoebe</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, except the northernmost locations. It used to include Melitaea telona, recently revalidated as a distinct cryptic species.

<i>Melitaea trivia</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea trivia, the lesser spotted fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, part of the sub-family Nymphalinae.

<i>Melitaea arcesia</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea arcesia, the blackvein fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from southern Siberia and Transbaikalia to the Amur region, Mongolia and China. The habitat consists of steppe-clad slopes.

<i>Melitaea arduinna</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea arduinna, or Freyer's fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe across Asia Minor to central Asia and the Altai. The habitat consists of steppe-clad slopes.

<i>Melitaea deserticola</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea deserticola, the desert fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

<i>Melitaea persea</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea persea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from Iran and Asia Minor to Afghanistan and the western parts of the Tian Shan mountains.

<i>Melitaea didymoides</i> Species of butterfly

Melitaea didymoides is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Russia as well as in Mongolia and China. The habitat consists of dry meadows and xerothermic slopes with thin vegetation.

References

  1. "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms