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Pyronia tithonus

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Pyronianative in Germany

native in Germany

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129

Plants

visited

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175

Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

A univoltine butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. The larvae are oligophagous and pass the winter in the larval stage.

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Plant food

Yearly cycle

Univoltine; a single generation flies each year. Larvae overwinter and resume development the following spring.

Merkmale

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophagous

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine

Overwintering

larva

Scientific profile

Pyronia tithonus is a univoltine butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It produces one generation per year. The larvae are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants, and the species overwinters in the larval stage.

Host plants

11 plants serve as food for the larvae

Festuca variaPoa pilosaElymus repensDactylis glomerataAgrostis calamagrostisPoa trivialis var. multifloraMilium effusumElymus repens subsp. repensDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataBrachypodium phoenicoidesPoa annua

Visited plants

118 plants are visited by this species

Potentilla anserina Mentha suaveolens Cirsium arvense Ligustrum vulgare Ranunculus repens Jacobaea vulgarisAchillea millefolium var. collinaTripolium pannonicumPersicaria lapathifolia subsp. pallidaCentranthus ruber Centaurea cyanus Geranium dissectumCirsium heterophyllumPotentilla reptans Carduus crispusMentha spicataLythrum salicariaCalendula officinalisCirsium dissectumRosa canina var. dumalisLimonium vulgare Hypericum androsaemum Limonium binervosumRosa rugosaRubus idaeusPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaSenecio squalidus Pulicaria dysenterica Silene flos-cuculi Carduus tenuiflorus tanacetum partheniumGeranium pratenseVeronica officinalisGeranium molle var. molleMatricaria chamomilla Bellis perennisLophiolepis eriophoraRubus fruticosus Echium vulgareGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumMentha aquaticaRosa spinosissimaTeucrium scorodonia Succisa pratensisMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesMahonia aquifolium Carlina vulgaris Erigeron karvinskianus Hypericum pulchrum Jacobaea erucifolia

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)