Melitaea aurelia - Wikipedia

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Melitaea aurelia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. aurelia
Binomial name
*Melitaea aurelia* Nickerl, 1850

Melitaea aurelia, or Nickerl's fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in central Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 28–32 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location.

Male
Male underside

Biology

The larvae feed on Plantago lanceolata, Melampyrum pratense and yellow rattle.

External links

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Taxon identifiers
Melitaea aurelia	Wikidata: Q2152896 BioLib: 51616 BOLD: 26911 CoL: 9458C EoL: 4071783 EUNIS: 90936 Fauna Europaea: 441606 Fauna Europaea (new): 27d4cdbe-0324-4b19-b234-74fbdfbdfa1f GBIF: 5881471 iNaturalist: 465237 LoB: 5216 MaBENA: MelliAurel NCBI: 113331 Open Tree of Life: 462647

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