Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, [1] is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. [2] It is found in the Palearctic realm.
Photographs, identification and field notes for European butterflies. This is the Melitaea phoebe, Knapweed Fritillary page.
Melitaea phoebe
Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, including most of Europe and north Africa, excluding the UK and Scandinavia. Previously, it also included... Wikipedia
Scientific name: Melitaea phoebe
The Knapweed Fritillary is one of several very similar Melitaea species (and the new and closely-related genus Mellicta ) of central and southern Europe. Its ...
Melitaea phoebe, the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, except the northernmost locations.
The Eastern Knapweed Fritillary is a cryptic species which has recently been reclassified and split from the current species; it occurs primarily in eastern ...
The female is larger than the male and sometimes has a greyish suffusion. It has quite a wide altitude range, being found at 2000m plus, but is also widely ...
The Melitaea phoebe also called Knapweed Fritillary is a beautiful butterfly of the Nymphalidae family with a wingspan of 35 - 50 mm.
Melitaea phoebe needes higher growing, warm and extensive grasslands. It is also typical for steppe-like slopes and dry mountain slopes.
Photos of the butterfly Melitaea phoebe. Commonly known as Knapweed Fritillary. Map shows the various locations this butterfly was photographed.
Jun 11, 2014 · The Melitaea phoebe group was defined by Higgins based on morphological characters such as wing pattern and genital structures. According to his ...
