Melitaea didyma | (Esper, 1778) |
TL: [Germany, Bavaria] (2600 m.)
Habitat
- Glades
- Heathlands, moorlands
Similar species
- Melitaea ala
- Melitaea cinxia
- Melitaea diamina
- Melitaea interrupta
- Melitaea kotshubeji
- Melitaea latonigena
- Melitaea ninae
- Melitaea phoebe
- Melitaea trivia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) asteria
- Melitaea (Mellicta) athalia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) aurelia
- Melitaea (Mellicta) britomartis
- Melitaea (Mellicta) deione
- Melitaea (Mellicta) parthenoides
- Melitaea (Mellicta) varia
36 - 49 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name Armenian
Դիդիմա Català
Damer roig Česky
Hnědásek květelový Dansk
Rød Pletvinge Deutsch
Roter Scheckenfalter Eesti keel
Lõuna-tähnikvõrkliblikas English
Red-band Fritillary English
Spotted Fritillary Español
Doncella timida Français
Mélitée orangée Hrvatski
Crvena riđa Italiano
Fritillaria Lietuvių
Smiltyninė šaškytė Magyar
Tüzes tarkalepke Nederlands
Tweekleurige parelmoervlinde Nederlands
Tweekleurige parelmoervlinder Polski
Przeplatka didyma Português
Didima Shqip
Kuqaloshja Slovenčina
Hnedáčik pyštekový Slovenščina
Rdeči pisanček Srpski
Plameni šarenac Suomeksi
Idän verkkoperhonen Svenska
Fläckig nätfjäril Türkçe
Benekli Ýparhan Ελληνικά
Πορτοκαλιά μελιταία Русский
Шашечница дидима Русский
Шашечница красная Українська
Рябець червоний ქართული
წითელი კამათელა 中文
狄网蛱蝶 ייִדיש
נמפית לבנון زبان_فارسی
نوارقرمزی خالدار
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Plantaginaceae Linaria vulgaris Common Toadflax Plantaginaceae Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Plantaginaceae Veronica Speedwell Polygonaceae Bistorta officinalis Bistort Scrophulariaceae Verbascum Mullein Valerianaceae Valeriana officinalis Common Valerian
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- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Mellicta didyma Esper, 1778 Cinclidia didyma Hübner, 1818 Melitaea occidentalis Staudinger, 1861 Melitaea meridionalis Staudinger, 1870 Athaliaeformis didyma Vérity, 1950 Didymaeformis didyma Vérity, 1950
- Melitaea didyma is a member of the clade Melitaea didyma:
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Species Author Melitaea abyssinica Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea acraeina (Staudinger, 1886) Melitaea agar Oberthür, 1886 Melitaea ala Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea alraschid Higgins, 1941 Melitaea ambrisia Higgins, 1935 Melitaea arduinna (Esper, 1783) Melitaea athene Staudinger, 1881 Melitaea avinovi Sheljuzhko, 1914 Melitaea casta (Kollar, [1848]) Melitaea chitralensis Moore, 1901 Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909 Melitaea devyatkini Kolesnichenko, 2018 Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) Melitaea didymina Staudinger, 1886 Melitaea didymoides Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea enarea Fruhstorfer, [1917] Melitaea fergana Staudinger, 1882 Melitaea infernalis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea interrupta Kolenati, 1846 Melitaea jitka Weiss & Major, 2000 Melitaea kotshubeji (Sheljuzhko, 1929) Melitaea latonigena Eversmann, 1847 Melitaea lunulata Staudinger, 1901 Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 Melitaea meherparvari Carbonell, 2007 Melitaea mimetica Higgins, 1940 Melitaea mixta Evans, 1912 Melitaea nadezhdae Sheljuzhko, 1912 Melitaea robertsi (Butler, 1880) Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 Melitaea sarvistana Wiltshire, 1941 Melitaea saxatilis Christoph, 1873 Melitaea shandura Evans, 1924 Melitaea sutschana Staudinger, 1892 Melitaea trivia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Melitaea yuenty Oberthür, 1886
- Links
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Language Website Authors Butterfly Conservation Armenia euroButterflies Matt Rowling European Butterfly Page Guy Padfield Lepidoptera and their ecology Wolfgang Wagner Lepiforum e. V. Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei Russian insects Ilya Osipov Schmetterling - Raupe Walter Schön UK Butterflies Peter Eeles
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