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Nymphalis antiopa

Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Nymphalisheimisch in Deutschland

heimisch in Deutschland

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Plants

visited

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Interactions

documented

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Host plants

known

About this species

Nymphalis antiopa is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae recorded in Great Britain. The status of its presence is indeterminate, and it has not been confirmed as an established introduced species.

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Plant-based food

Annual cycle

The species is univoltine, completing a single generation annually. Overwintering occurs in the adult stage; butterflies emerge from hibernation in spring to breed, with the next generation of adults appearing later in the year before overwintering.

Merkmale

Körper

Wingspan

6.3 cm

Ernährung & Verhalten

Food

oligophag (eine Familie)

Generationen/Jahr

univoltine

Overwintering

adult

Scientific profile

Nymphalis antiopa belongs to the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It has a univoltine life cycle, producing one generation each year. Adults are the overwintering stage; they enter hibernation and resume activity the following spring.

Host plants

11 plants serve as food for the larvae

Salix cinerea Humulus lupulus Populus alba Pyrus communisSalix alba subsp. coeruleaPopulus nigraOnobrychis viciifoliaCeltis occidentalisPopulus tremulaPopulus × canadensisSpiraea alba

Visited plants

38 plants are visited by this species

Salix pentandra Salix fragilisAster lanceolatusEuthamia graminifoliaAcer platanoidesAlnus incanaBetula nanaSalix aurita Salix viminalis Salix phylicifoliaBetula pendulaSalix caprea Cirsium arvensePrunus domestica subsp. domesticaTilia europaeaBetula pubescensAchillea millefolium var. collinaAlliaria petiolata Glechoma hederacea Allium schoenoprasumPrunus serotinaPrunus cerasus Syringa vulgarisPtelea trifoliataAsclepias syriacaAmelanchier alnifoliaMalus domesticaHesperis matronalisLythrum salicariaPrunus avium Taraxacum officinaleBuddleja davidiiSymphoricarpos albus Bellis perennis Prunus laurocerasus Ficaria vernaAbies concolorSolidago canadensis

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)