Melitaea deserticola
| Melitaea deserticola | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Melitaea |
| Species: | M. deserticola |
| Binomial name | |
| Melitaea deserticola Oberthür, 1909[1] | |
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Melitaea deserticola, the desert fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt), Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
The larvae feed on Linaria aegyptiaca, Plantago media, Anarrhinum fruticosum and Anarrhinum species.
Subspecies
- Melitaea deserticola deserticola (North Africa)
- Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, western Saudi Arabia)
- Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941 (Yemen, Oman)
References
- ↑ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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