Argynnis paphia
Argynnis paphia
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Argynnisheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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78
Plants
visited
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127
Interactions
documented
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10
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, recorded in Great Britain and on the wing during high summer.
Ecological network
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
The annual cycle comprises one generation. Adult butterflies fly in July and August. Eggs are laid towards the end of summer, and the insect passes winter as an egg or a young larva, completing its development the following spring.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
6.075 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
egg/larva
Scientific profile
Argynnis paphia is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is univoltine, producing a single generation each year. The species is oligophagous as a larva and overwinters in the egg or early larval stage. Adults are active during July and August.
Host plants
10 plants serve as food for the larvae
Visited plants
68 plants are visited by this species
Pentanema squarrosumCirsium acauleCalluna vulgarisCarduus tenuiflorusFilipendula ulmariaPrunella vulgarisCarduus crispusInula heleniumLophiolepis eriophoraDigitalis purpureaCentaurea cyanusTrifolium repens subsp. repensJacobaea vulgarisCentranthus ruberCirsium heterophyllumCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCarduus nutans subsp. nutansMentha suaveolensRubus fruticosusMentha spicataPulicaria dysentericaCirsium dissectumCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraMentha arvensisCirsium tuberosumCentaurea scabiosaMentha aquaticaAnthriscus sylvestrisBuddleja davidiiKnautia arvensisErysimum cheiriCirsium arvenseTrifolium pratenseCentaurea jaceaCarduus defloratusViola collinaHedera helix subsp. helixRumex obtusifoliusDaucus carotaPteridium aquilinum subsp. pinetorumEupatorium cannabinumSambucus racemosaCentaurea calcitrapaClematis vitalbaScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisClinopodium vulgareRubus ulmifoliusAegopodium podagrariaSuccisa pratensisCirsium canum
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)
•Foto: Philipp Eckardt
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