Biology:Melanargia arge
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Italian marbled white | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melanargia |
| Species: | M. arge
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| Binomial name | |
| Melanargia arge (Sulzer, 1776)
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Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[2] M. arge Sulz. (= amphitrite Hbn.) (39 f). Above white, only the submarginal lunate line, the two short bands in the centre and at the apex of the cell, and the beautifully blue-centred ocelli being dark — ab. caeca Stgr. is without ocelli; rare among the preceding.[3] It is an endemic species found only in the southern half of Italy and the eastern half of the Italian island of Sicily. It flies in May and June in a single generation in rocky places with abundant flowers. The caterpillar feeds on grasses.
References
- ↑ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E. et al. (2015). "Melanargia arge". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T173235A64819130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173235A64819130.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/173235/64819130. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ↑ "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)
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External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2699507 entry
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