Melanargia larissa

Balkan marbled white
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melanargia
Species:	M. larissa
Binomial name
Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828)
Synonyms
Papilio larissa Geyer, [1828] Melanargia titania Calberla, 1891 Melanargia standfussi Wagener, 1983 Melanargia grumi Standfuss, 1892 Melanargia syriaca Oberthür, 1894 Papilio hylata Ménétriés, 1832 Melanargia iranica Seitz, 1907 Melanargia massageta Staudinger, 1901 Melanargia taurica Röber, 1896 Melanargia titea Klug, 1832

Melanargia larissa, the Balkan marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe (Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece) and Asia Minor to Transcaucasia and north-western Iran. The habitat consists of dry grasslands, scrubby hillsides and grassy woodland glades.

The wingspan is about 52 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to July in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Brachypodium species.

Subspecies

• Melanargia larissa larissa
• Melanargia larissa grumi Standfuss, 1892
• Melanargia larissa hylata (Ménétriés, 1832) (Turkey and Iran)
• Melanargia larissa iranica Seitz, 1907
• Melanargia larissa karabagi Koçak, 1976 (Turkey)
• Melanargia larissa kocaki Wagener, 1983
• Melanargia larissa lorestanensis Carbonell & Naderi, 2007
• Melanargia larissa massageta Staudinger, 1901
• Melanargia larissa syriaca Oberthur, 1894
• Melanargia larissa taurica Rober, 1896
• Melanargia larissa titea Klug, 1832