- Source: Melitaea britomartis
Melitaea britomartis, or Assmann's fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
It has a wide geographic range and is represented by three subspecies.
M. b. britomartis Europe including the Balkans and Italy to North Kazakhstan and Altai
M. b. amurensis (Staudinger, 1892) Altais to Amur
M. b. latefascia (Fixsen, 1887) South Ussuri, Korea, North East China
Description
britomartis Assmann (66h), britomartis though connected with the nymotypical form of Melitaea aurelia by all intergradations, is easily recognized by its facies. The black is more regularly arranged above, and the reddish yellow spots within this network differ less in size from each other, the spots of the same row being usually of equal size, whereas in nymotypical aurelia a row mostly contains quite small spots of the ground-colour beside large ones, others disappearing altogether. A reliable distinction between britomartis and aurelia appears to be afforded by the colour and shape of the larva.
Biology
The larva feeds on species of Plantago and Veronica.
Etymology
Named in the Classical tradition Britomar in Greek mythology is a Cretan goddess, patroness of fishermen and sailors, companion of Artemis.
References
External links
Media related to Melitaea britomartis at Wikimedia Commons
Leps It
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Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Melitaea britomartis
- Melitaea
- List of Lepidoptera of Poland
- List of butterflies of Austria
- List of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic
- List of Lepidoptera of Switzerland
- List of fritillaries (butterflies)
- Melitaea diamina
- List of butterflies of Sweden
- List of Lepidoptera of Bulgaria
