Vanessa atalanta
Vanessa atalanta
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Vanessaheimisch in Deutschland
heimisch in Deutschland
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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207
Plants
visited
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312
Interactions
documented
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11
Host plants
known
About this species
Vanessa atalanta is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Ecological network
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Plant-based food
Annual cycle
Adults are active from May to August. Multiple generations occur each year. The species overwinters in the adult stage.
Merkmale
Körper
Wingspan
5.625 cm
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
monophagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
adult
Scientific profile
The species is multivoltine, producing multiple generations in a year. It overwinters as an adult and is active from May to August. The larvae are monophagous, feeding on a single host plant species. The species has been recorded in Great Britain, where its status is indeterminate.
Host plants
11 plants serve as food for the larvae
Urtica dioicaUrtica urensParietaria judaicaHumulus lupulusParietaria officinalisXanthium strumariumArtemisia absinthiumSalix capreaClerodendrum trichotomumUrtica membranaceaSoleirolia soleirolii
Visited plants
196 plants are visited by this species
Trifolium repens subsp. repensCentaurea scabiosaSilene dioicaGeranium robertianum var. maritimumCirsium tuberosumGeranium sylvaticumPulicaria dysentericaJacobaea vulgarisBuddleja davidiiOrnithogalum umbellatumSymphyotrichum laeve × novi-belgiiCornus sericeaPersicaria amphibiaPotentilla anserinaMentha spicataLophiolepis eriophoraMentha aquaticaRubus fruticosusStachys officinalisGeranium dissectumGalanthus nivalis subsp. nivalisPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaMedicago sativaLonicera periclymenumTrifolium pratenseHelianthus annuusCalystegia silvaticaPrunus padus subsp. borealisCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraTripolium pannonicumArctium lappaGeranium sanguineumReynoutria japonicaCarlina vulgarisScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisGeranium phaeum subsp. phaeumMyosotis arvensis subsp. arvensisMentha arvensisViburnum lantanaCentaurea cyanusPrunus cerasiferaMyosotis scorpioides subsp. scorpioidesPyrus communisCotoneaster horizontalisCentranthus ruberGeranium pratenseThymus praecoxCirsium heterophyllumTrifolium hybridumGeranium molle var. molle
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)
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•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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