Issoria lathonia
Issoria lathonia
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Issoriaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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44
Plants
visited
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61
Interactions
documented
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9
Host plants
known
About this species
Issoria lathonia is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is present in Great Britain and has a multivoltine life cycle. Overwintering can occur in any stage. Adults are on the wing in June and July.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Multivoltine, with several broods per year. Overwintering is possible in all life stages. Adult butterflies are recorded from June to July.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
4.05 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophag (eine Gattung)
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
egg/larva/pupa/adult
Scientific profile
This butterfly belongs to the family Nymphalidae and occurs in Great Britain. It is multivoltine, producing multiple generations each year. Overwintering can take place as an egg, larva, pupa or adult. The adult flight period is recorded from June to July.
Host plants
9 plants serve as food for the larvae
Viola tricolorBorago officinalisViola canina subsp. ruppiiViola arvensisMedicago sativaOnobrychis viciifoliaAnchusa undulataDiplotaxis erucoidesViola willkommii
Visited plants
35 plants are visited by this species
Jasione montanaEupatorium cannabinumAnchusa azureaViola odorataCirsium arvenseCentaurea scabiosaClinopodium alpinumTrifolium pratenseBuddleja davidiiScorzoneroides autumnalisJacobaea vulgarisAsclepias syriacaTaraxacum officinaleThymus pulegioidesHypochaeris radicataScabiosa ochroleucaBallota nigra subsp. nigraGlobularia bisnagaricaOriganum vulgareKnautia arvensisCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareMentha longifoliaCornus sanguineaLophiolepis eriophoraCentaurea calcitrapaAnacyclus clavatusCalluna vulgarisCentaurea jaceaEchium vulgareTussilago farfaraTanacetum vulgareArctium lappaAllium sphaerocephalonDianthus carthusianorumSolidago gigantea
Sources & Data Origin
•TraitCH — CC BY 4.0TraitCH 2.0 contributors; imported as source-preserving NaturKompass taxon evidence.
•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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