Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationMelanargia galathea
Melanargia galathea
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Melanargiaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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66
Plants
visited
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114
Interactions
documented
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16
Host plants
known
About this species
A summer-flying butterfly of grassland, producing one generation between June and August, with grass-feeding larvae that overwinter.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults fly from June to August. Females lay eggs on grasses, and the caterpillars feed until autumn, then overwinter as larvae. In late spring they pupate, and adults emerge again in June.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
4.75 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Melanargia galathea is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is univoltine, with adults recorded between June and August. The larvae are oligophagous, principally feeding on grasses, and pass the winter in the larval stage. The species is present in Great Britain. In Germany, it is not considered threatened (Red List category *).
Host plants
16 plants serve as food for the larvae
Carex elataFestuca rubraFestuca ovinaHolcus lanatusBrachypodium rupestreDactylis glomerataPhleum pratenseBrachypodium phoenicoidesHelictotrichon pratense subsp. pratenseElymus repens subsp. repensAgrostis stoloniferaPhleum pratense subsp. pratenseDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataBrachypodium retusumLamarckia aureaCorylus avellana
Visited plants
50 plants are visited by this species
Calluna vulgarisCrataegus monogynaAnacamptis pyramidalisOriganum vulgareFestuca rubra subsp. rubraVicia craccaCirsium acauleAnthyllis vulneraria subsp. polyphyllaCirsium palustreCirsium dissectumCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraCirsium heterophyllumCentaurea scabiosaScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisOenanthe crocataCentaurea cyanusTrifolium repens subsp. repensCarlina vulgarisAchillea millefolium var. collinaRubus fruticosusLophiolepis eriophoraThymus praecoxCirsium arvenseCirsium tuberosumCentranthus ruberBuddleja davidiiGeranium robertianum var. maritimumAjuga reptansTorilis japonicaCrepis capillarisLeucanthemum vulgareCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgareCentaurea jaceaTrifolium mediumLeontodon hispidusTrifolium montanumTrifolium pratenseLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusKnautia arvensisSuccisa pratensisOnopordum acanthiumDipsacus fullonumBetonica officinalis subsp. officinalisLilium martagonAnacyclus clavatusEupatorium cannabinumJasione montanaDianthus carthusianorumTorilis arvensis subsp. arvensisSerratula tinctoria
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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