Issoria lathonia

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Issorianative 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

Issoria lathonia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is present in Great Britain and has a multivoltine life cycle. Overwintering can occur in any stage. Adults are on the wing in June and July.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Multivoltine, with several broods per year. Overwintering is possible in all life stages. Adult butterflies are recorded from June to July.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Generationen/Jahr

multivoltine

Overwintering

egg/larva/pupa/adult

Scientific profile

This butterfly belongs to the family Nymphalidae and occurs in Great Britain. It is multivoltine, producing multiple generations each year. Overwintering can take place as an egg, larva, pupa or adult. The adult flight period is recorded from June to July.

Host plants

6 plants serve as food for the larvae

Viola tricolor Borago officinalisViola canina subsp. ruppiiViola arvensisMedicago sativaOnobrychis viciifolia

Visited plants

35 plants are visited by this species

Jasione montana Eupatorium cannabinum Anchusa azurea Viola odorata Cirsium arvense Centaurea scabiosaClinopodium alpinumTrifolium pratenseBuddleja davidiiScorzoneroides autumnalis Jacobaea vulgarisAsclepias syriacaTaraxacum officinale Thymus pulegioides Hypochaeris radicataScabiosa ochroleucaBallota nigra subsp. nigraGlobularia bisnagaricaOriganum vulgareKnautia arvensisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareMentha longifoliaCornus sanguineaLophiolepis eriophoraCentaurea calcitrapaAnacyclus clavatusCalluna vulgarisCentaurea jaceaEchium vulgare Tussilago farfara Tanacetum vulgareArctium lappaAllium sphaerocephalonDianthus carthusianorumSolidago gigantea

Sources & data origin

•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)

•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)

•Foto: Philipp Eckardt