Biology:Melitaea asteria

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Little fritillary
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. asteria
Binomial name
Melitaea asteria
(Freyer, 1828)[verification needed]

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.

References

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

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6812935 entry