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Euphydryas aurinia

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Euphydryasnative in Germany

native in Germany

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A univoltine butterfly with larval overwintering and oligophagous caterpillars.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

The life cycle is univoltine. Larvae overwinter and then resume feeding in the following spring, pupating and emerging as adults to complete the single annual generation.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophagous

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine

Overwintering

larva

Scientific profile

Euphydryas aurinia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is univoltine, producing a single generation each year, and overwinters in the larval stage. The caterpillars are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants. The species has been recorded in Great Britain.

Host plants

8 plants serve as food for the larvae

Plantago subulataSuccisa pratensis Knautia arvensis Scabiosa columbaria Valeriana dioicaLonicera periclymenumCentaurea scabiosa Dipsacus fullonum

Visited plants

41 plants are visited by this species

Lophiolepis eriophoraHippocrepis comosa Genista tinctoriaRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusCirsium arvense Helianthemum nummularium Stachys officinalis Polygala vulgarisCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisThymus serpyllumPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaCardamine pratensisLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusPilosella officinarum Vicia cracca Cirsium acaule Thymus pulegioides Ranunculus repens Cirsium palustreAjuga reptansCirsium heterophyllumRanunculus aquatilis Centaurea cyanus Ranunculus linguaCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCentaurea scabiosa Silene flos-cuculiRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusRanunculus flammula Cirsium tuberosum Ficaria verna Cirsium dissectum Thymus praecox dactylorhiza maculataPlantago lanceolataJasione montanaCalendula arvensisGlobularia bisnagaricaEuphorbia cyparissiasGentiana clusii subsp. clusii

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)

•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)

•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)