Polygonia c-album
Polygonia c-album
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Polygoniaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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124
Plants
visited
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181
Interactions
documented
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23
Host plants
known
About this species
A butterfly in the family Nymphalidae, Polygonia c-album is recorded in Great Britain. It is multivoltine, with adults overwintering, and the larvae are polyphagous.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults overwinter and are active across multiple generations during the warmer months.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
4.55 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
polyphagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
Polygonia c-album is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species exhibits a multivoltine life cycle and the adult stage overwinters. Its larvae are polyphagous, feeding on a variety of host plants. The butterfly has been recorded in Great Britain.
Host plants
23 plants serve as food for the larvae
Corylus avellanaRibes rubrumRibes uva-crispa subsp. reclinatumUlmus glabraRibes nigrumHumulus lupulusUrtica dioicaSalix repensPrunus cerasusSalix capreaPrunus spinosaUrtica urensRibes rubrumUlmus laevisSalix auritaRibes alpinumUlmus minorAlnus glutinosaLonicera japonicaQuercus ilexUlmus parvifoliaZelkova serrataSalix phylicifolia
Visited plants
101 plants are visited by this species
Crataegus monogynaCirsium dissectumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisRubus idaeusAnthemis arvensisMalus domesticaComarum palustreViburnum lantanaSonchus asperCampanula glomerata subsp. glomerataCentranthus ruberCirsium palustreSambucus nigraRibes uva-crispaLeucanthemum vulgareCentaurea scabiosaErica cinereaPrimula vulgarisSalix cinereaSolidago canadensisBellis perennisCirsium acauleFicaria vernaOriganum vulgarePotentilla reptansCalendula officinalisViola odorataTussilago farfaraCampanula tracheliumLimonium vulgareMentha arvensisTripolium pannonicumJacobaea vulgarisCirsium heterophyllumCampanula persicifolia subsp. persicifoliaDipsacus fullonumLophiolepis eriophoraPrunus padus subsp. borealisHelianthus annuusSymphyotrichum lanceolatum × novi-belgiiCampanula latifoliaPulicaria dysentericaArtemisia vulgaris subsp. vulgarisPotentilla anserinaCentaurea cyanusCardamine pratensisViburnum opulusErica tetralixAllium schoenoprasumMentha spicata
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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