Provençal fritillary
| Provençal fritillary | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melitaea |
| Species: | M. deione |
| Binomial name | |
| Melitaea deione Geyer, 1832 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Mating
The Provençal fritillary (Melitaea deione) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in south-western Europe and North Africa. The range extends from the Iberian Peninsula to southern France and the Alps in Switzerland and Italy. It is also found in the Atlas Mountains.
Description
Biology
There are two generations per year with adults on wing from April to September. In the Alps, there is one generation.
The larva feeds on species of Linaria, Chaenorrhinum, Digitalis and Antirrhinum (including Antirrhinum sempervirens).
Subspecies
There are three subspecies:
- M. d. deione
- M. d. berisalii (Rühl, 1891)
- M. d. nitida (Oberthür, 1909) (west Morocco (Rif mountains), western Algeria (Tlemcen, Sebdou))
References
- ↑ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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