Melanargia larissa
| Balkan marbled white | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melanargia |
| Species: | M. larissa |
| Binomial name | |
| Melanargia larissa (Geyer, 1828) | |
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Melanargia larissa, the Balkan marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe (Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece) and Asia Minor to Transcaucasia and north-western Iran.[1] The habitat consists of dry grasslands, scrubby hillsides and grassy woodland glades.[2]
The wingspan is about 52 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from mid-May to July in one generation per year.[4]
The larvae feed on Brachypodium species.[5]
Subspecies
- Melanargia larissa larissa
- Melanargia larissa grumi Standfuss, 1892
- Melanargia larissa hylata (Ménétriés, 1832) (Turkey and Iran)
- Melanargia larissa iranica Seitz, 1907
- Melanargia larissa karabagi Koçak, 1976 (Turkey)
- Melanargia larissa kocaki Wagener, 1983
- Melanargia larissa lorestanensis Carbonell & Naderi, 2007
- Melanargia larissa massageta Staudinger, 1901
- Melanargia larissa syriaca Oberthur, 1894
- Melanargia larissa taurica Rober, 1896
- Melanargia larissa titea Klug, 1832
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