Bild folgtKI-generierte IllustrationPyronia tithonus
Pyronia tithonus
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Pyroniaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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129
Plants
visited
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175
Interactions
documented
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11
Host plants
known
About this species
A univoltine butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. The larvae are oligophagous and pass the winter in the larval stage.
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Univoltine; a single generation flies each year. Larvae overwinter and resume development the following spring.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
3.6 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
univoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Pyronia tithonus is a univoltine butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It produces one generation per year. The larvae are oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants, and the species overwinters in the larval stage.
Host plants
11 plants serve as food for the larvae
Festuca variaPoa pilosaElymus repensDactylis glomerataAgrostis calamagrostisPoa trivialis var. multifloraMilium effusumElymus repens subsp. repensDactylis glomerata subsp. lobataBrachypodium phoenicoidesPoa annua
Visited plants
118 plants are visited by this species
Potentilla anserinaMentha suaveolensCirsium arvenseLigustrum vulgareRanunculus repensJacobaea vulgarisAchillea millefolium var. collinaTripolium pannonicumPersicaria lapathifolia subsp. pallidaCentranthus ruberCentaurea cyanusGeranium dissectumCirsium heterophyllumPotentilla reptansCarduus crispusMentha spicataLythrum salicariaCalendula officinalisCirsium dissectumRosa canina var. dumalisLimonium vulgareHypericum androsaemumLimonium binervosumRosa rugosaRubus idaeusPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaSenecio squalidusPulicaria dysentericaSilene flos-cuculiCarduus tenuiflorustanacetum partheniumGeranium pratenseVeronica officinalisGeranium molle var. molleMatricaria chamomillaBellis perennisLophiolepis eriophoraRubus fruticosusEchium vulgareGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumMentha aquaticaRosa spinosissimaTeucrium scorodoniaSuccisa pratensisMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesMahonia aquifoliumCarlina vulgarisErigeron karvinskianusHypericum pulchrumJacobaea erucifolia
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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