Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelitaea athalia
Melitaea athalia Wachtelweizen-Scheckenfalter
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Melitaeanative in Germany
native in Germany
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35
Plants
visited
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37
Interactions
documented
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8
Host plants
known
About this species
A butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, recorded in Great Britain, with adults on the wing in summer.
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Yearly cycle
Adults fly during the summer months of June to August.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polyphagous
Scientific profile
This species belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae and the genus Melitaea. The adults are active from June through August. The larvae are polyphagous, feeding on a range of host plants.
Host plants
8 plants serve as food for the larvae
Ficaria vernaMelampyrum pratenseDigitalis purpureaTeucrium scorodoniaVeronica chamaedrysAchillea millefoliumPlantago lanceolataVeronica hederifolia
Visited plants
27 plants are visited by this species
Pulicaria dysentericaRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusMentha aquaticaRanunculus aquatilisPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaLeucanthemum vulgareCirsium arvenseLycopus europaeusRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusSolidago virgaurea subsp. virgaureaRubus fruticosusCentaurea scabiosaHypochaeris radicataCalluna vulgarisRanunculus flammulaCirsium palustreCentaurea cyanusAjuga reptansRanunculus linguaPersicaria maculosaBellis perennisRanunculus repensCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraBistorta viviparaThymus praecoxCrepis paludosaCentaurea jacea
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)
•GBIF — Occurrence data via GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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