Image to followAI-generated illustrationMelitaea didyma
Melitaea didyma
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Melitaeanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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29
Plants
visited
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34
Interactions
documented
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10
Host plants
known
About this species
A butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, recorded in Great Britain.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Adults fly July to August. The species overwinters as a larva.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Melitaea didyma is a multivoltine butterfly. The overwintering stage is the larva. Adults are active during July and August.
Host plants
10 plants serve as food for the larvae
Plantago lanceolataStachys recta subsp. rectaPetasites spuriusLinaria vulgarisVeronica persicaValeriana officinalisPlantago major subsp. majorHelianthus annuusTrifolium montanumArtemisia campestris subsp. lednicensis
Visited plants
19 plants are visited by this species
Digitalis purpureaEryngium campestreCentaurea jaceaCentaurea nigrescens subsp. nigrescensCrepis alpestrisLythrum salicariaOdontites luteusClinopodium vulgareJacobaea vulgarisCentaurea scabiosaCarlina vulgarisCornus sanguineaMatricaria chamomillaSenecio inaequidensCota tinctoriaSonchus asperAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaEupatorium cannabinumMelampyrum pratense subsp. engleri
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)
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