Nymphalis polychloros
Nymphalis polychloros
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Nymphalisheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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13
Plants
visited
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23
Interactions
documented
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5
Host plants
known
About this species
A butterfly of the Nymphalidae family recorded in Great Britain. It has a single generation per year and overwinters as an adult.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Univoltine; the adult stage overwinters.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
6.2 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polyphag
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
This butterfly belongs to the family Nymphalidae. It is single-brooded (univoltine), with adults hibernating through winter and becoming active again in spring. The species has been recorded in Great Britain, although its current status is unclear.
Host plants
5 plants serve as food for the larvae
Visited plants
8 plants are visited by this species
Prunus aviumMalus sylvestrisTrifolium pratenseSalix viminalisPrunus cerasusCrataegus monogynaUlmus minorFraxinus excelsior subsp. excelsior
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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