Melitaea asteria

Little Fritillary
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species: M. asteria
Binomial name
Melitaea asteria
(Freyer, 1828)

The Little Fritillary, Melitaea asteria, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Alps.

The larva feeds on Plantago alpina.

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