Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationAphantopus hyperantus
Aphantopus hyperantus
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Aphantopusheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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111
Plants
visited
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147
Interactions
documented
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14
Host plants
known
About this species
Aphantopus hyperantus is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, recorded in Great Britain.
Ecological network
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults are active in June and July. It produces a single generation each year. The larval stage hibernates.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
3.6 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
A single-brooded butterfly, the adults are on the wing in June and July. Its diet is oligophagous, meaning it feeds on a restricted set of host plants. The caterpillar overwinters. In Germany, its conservation status is not threatened.
Host plants
14 plants serve as food for the larvae
Milium effusumCarex sylvaticaDeschampsia cespitosaPoa pilosaElymus repensDactylis glomerataBrachypodium sylvaticumAgrostis stoloniferaBrachypodium sylvaticumElymus repens subsp. repensDeschampsia cespitosaPoa annuaDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataPhleum pratense subsp. pratense
Visited plants
97 plants are visited by this species
Centaurea nigra subsp. nigraSilene dioicaTeucrium scorodoniaPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaCentaurea jaceaSambucus nigraCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCirsium palustreJacobaea vulgarisScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisCentaurea scabiosaTrifolium hybridumLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusMentha aquaticaCarduus crispusHeracleum sphondyliumAchillea millefolium var. collinaLigustrum vulgareRubus fruticosusPotentilla reptansAjuga reptansRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusCarduus tenuiflorusCirsium tuberosumCentaurea cyanusCirsium dissectumCirsium acauleLathyrus pratensisCirsium heterophyllumAnaphalis margaritaceaCarduus nutans subsp. nutansBuddleja davidiiTrifolium repens subsp. repensPotentilla anserinaTrifolium pratensetanacetum partheniumLophiolepis eriophoraPulicaria dysentericaCentranthus ruberEupatorium cannabinumDactylorhiza majalis subsp. majalisJacobaea aquaticaSedum acreKnautia arvensisComarum palustrePetrosedum rupestreThymus praecoxMentha suaveolensMentha arvensisBellis perennis
Sources & Data Origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•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)
•Seifert & Fiedler (2023) — Macroecological patterns in European butterflies unveil strong interrelations between larval diet breadth, latitudinal range size, and voltinism [Dataset]. Dryad, DOI: 10.5061/dryad.9zw3r22mp (CC0)
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