Pararge aegeria

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Parargenative in Germany

native in Germany

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133

Plants

visited

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160

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

Pararge aegeria is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is multivoltine, producing several generations a year, and the larvae are oligophagous, feeding on a limited range of host plants. Overwintering occurs as either a larva or a pupa. Adults are on the wing from March to July.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Adults fly from March to July, producing several generations within this window. The species overwinters as a larva or pupa.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophagous

Generationen/Jahr

multivoltine

Overwintering

larva/pupa

Scientific profile

Pararge aegeria is a member of the Nymphalidae family. Its life cycle is multivoltine, with multiple broods possible during the year. The caterpillars are oligophagous, meaning they feed on a restricted set of food plants. The species passes the winter in either the larval or the pupal stage. Adult butterflies are encountered from March until July.

Host plants

16 plants serve as food for the larvae

Agrostis stolonifera Deschampsia cespitosaPoa pilosaCarex elataElymus repensHolcus lanatusDactylis glomerataBrachypodium sylvaticumDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataPoa nemoralis Melica nutansPoa trivialis var. multifloraPoa annua Melica uniflora Brachypodium sylvaticumElymus repens subsp. repens

Visited plants

117 plants are visited by this species

Anthriscus sylvestris Eupatorium cannabinumPastinaca sativa subsp. urensFicaria verna Urtica dioica Cirsium dissectum Hesperis matronalis Cirsium arvense Symphoricarpos albus Pulicaria dysentericaHypericum perforatum var. latifoliumGeranium pratenseGeranium molle var. molleCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareMalus domesticaHypericum calycinumLonicera periclymenumMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisEuphorbia amygdaloides Dipsacus fullonumMentha spicataGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumViburnum lantana Cirsium acauleCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraGeranium pyrenaicum Centranthus ruber Tripolium pannonicum Centaurea cyanus Primula vulgaris Hypericum maculatum Isatis tinctoria Geranium dissectum Knautia arvensis Bellis perennis Cirsium tuberosumSambucus nigraHypericum pulchrum Hypericum androsaemum Trifolium pratense Mentha arvensisScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesViburnum opulus Montia fontana Epilobium hirsutumRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusJacobaea vulgaris Leucanthemum vulgare Cirsium palustre

Sources & data origin

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

•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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