Image to followAI-generated illustrationLasiommata megera
Lasiommata megera
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Parargenative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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108
Plants
visited
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126
Interactions
documented
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11
Host plants
known
About this species
A multivoltine butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, active from March to October, whose larvae overwinter.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Adults are on the wing from March to October. Several generations may be completed within that period. The species passes the winter as a larva.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
This insect belongs to the Nymphalidae family, within the genus Pararge. It is multivoltine, producing multiple generations over the active season, and shows an oligophagous feeding specialisation. The butterfly is recorded in Great Britain, though its residence status there is not classified. The larval stage is the overwintering form.
Host plants
11 plants serve as food for the larvae
Agrostis calamagrostisAvenella flexuosaPoa annuaElymus repensHolcus lanatusDactylis glomerataBrachypodium sylvaticumBrachypodium rupestreDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataStipa pennataBromus hordeaceus subsp. longipedicellatus
Visited plants
97 plants are visited by this species
Centaurea nigra subsp. nigraAllium sphaerocephalonHylotelephium telephiumTrifolium mediumGeranium sylvaticumCirsium acauleRanunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensLeucanthemum vulgareCirsium dissectumSolidago canadensisFicaria vernaGeranium pyrenaicumTrifolium campestrePilosella officinarumRanunculus repensStellaria holosteaHypochaeris radicataJacobaea vulgarisSenecio squalidusCentranthus ruberantirrhinum majusSilene flos-cuculiBellis perennisTrifolium dubiumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesKnautia arvensisPotentilla anserinaTrifolium hybridumAllium schoenoprasumErysimum cheiriCentaurea cyanusAllium ursinumGeranium sanguineumRanunculus linguaGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisCirsium heterophyllumMentha spicataComarum palustrePotentilla reptansGeranium pratenseGeranium dissectumMentha aquaticaCalluna vulgarisLysimachia nemorumGeranium robertianum var. maritimumEupatorium cannabinumCentaurea scabiosaLobularia maritima
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)
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