Nymphalidae, which are widely spread in the palaearctic region. The typespecimens of palaearctic nymphalidae in the. Pdf file or convert a pdf file to docx, jpg, or some other file format. All you need to know about melitaea phoebe cc0 photos pictures. Melitaea didyma flies in in central europe in a single generation between late june and early august.
Enter the name or part of a name you wish to search for. A new form of melitaea phoebe goeze, 1779 lepidoptera. The information you enter here will be stored in the downloaded file to assist you in managing your downloaded pdfs. Pdf host plant use by the heath fritillary butterfly, melitaea athalia. Click on any photograph to go to an enlarged picture, or simply scroll down the page. The wings are brown above, with transverse parallel stripes of many black spots. In the present study, we sampled, as exhaustively as possible, the butterflies belonging to the genus melitaea lepidoptera. Pdf the ecology and conservation of the heath fritillary butterfly. We present a study of habitat use, oviposition plant choice, and food plant suitability for the checkerspot butterfly melitaea athalia rottemburg. In the new european taxonomy, the erstwhile mellicta group of fritillaries are now included in the melitaea genus. Arbeitsgemeinschaft osterreichischer entomologen, wien, download unter. Nucleotide polymorphism at a gene pgi under balancing. The number of eggs per batch about 10 is very small compared to other species of melitaea. Melitaea didyma inhabits nutrientpoor grasslands, rocky slopes, hot and meagre embankments and especially xerothermic calcareous grasslands from the lowlands up to 2000m above sea level but lacks mostly in the northern alps.
The possibility of using characters of the female genital armature for. Pdf occurrence of an aberrant population of melitaea athalia. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Multivariate analyses of 393 butterfly species over 85 geographical areas r and qdata matrices in europe and north africa have produced a consistent pattern of faunal structures units and regions. It is also relatively small, although male athalia can also be quite small. Peru 6 department of karyosystematics, zoological institute of russian academy of sciences. This species has a wide distribution and exists under a wide.
Media in category melitaea athaliathe following 120 files are in this category, out of 120 total. Melitaea athalia on eurobutterflies by matt rowlings. Long considered as a subspecies of melitaea athalia, m. As noted above, mellicta is considered to be a subgenus of melitaea for the time being. Population genetic structure of the butterfly melitaea didymanym. Anatomy, biology, lifecycle, taxonomy, ecology, evolution, survival strategies, migration. Pdf on nov 25, 2017, sotiris alexiou and others published occurrence of an aberrant population of melitaea athalia. The underwings are usually light yellow with an intricate black pattern.
The complex of butterfly taxa close to melitaea didyma includes the traditionally recognized species melitaea didyma, melitaea didymoides and melitaea sutschana, the taxa that were recognized as species only relatively recently melitaea latonigena, melitaea interrupta, melitaea chitralensis and melitaea mixta as well as numerous described subspecies and forms with unclear taxonomic status. The upperside is predominantly dark brown and orange brown, with the orangebrown spots delineated by dark brown along and across the wing veins. Note that in the original figure, different individuals of melitaea didyma appear in four different places on the tree. The butterfly has historically been linked with the traditional practice of woodland coppicing, giving it the. Keep in mind that the search is only based on the full taxon name. The upperside of the body is a similar dark brown to the colour on the wing, and the base of both wings is dark brown. This page was last edited on 10 october 2019, at 23. The heath fritillary melitaea athalia is a butterfly of the family nymphalidae. Patterns of genetic and morphometric differentiation in. Host plant use by the heath fritillary butterfly, melitaea athalia. This page was last edited on 15 september 2019, at 17.
Melitaea and euphydryas two closely related genera of butterflies of the family nymphalidae. Melitaea aurelia on eurobutterflies by matt rowlings. Download pdf download all download jpeg 2000 download text. One such factor is conspecific density, which may affect the per capita emigration rate. Varying rates of diversification in the genus melitaea. Melitaea athaliaaureliabritomartis, genitalia, distribution, slovenia, croatia, bosnia and herzegovina. Heath fritillary melitaea athalianext page back to list.
The position indicated here is the adams compromise most basal node. Previous studies have found that the common allozyme genotypes at the phosphoglucose isomerase pgi locus are associated with individual variation in performance and fitness, with phenotypic data suggesting ongoing balancing selection via. Will refaunation by feral horse affect five checkerspot. The rationale is that even though the melitaeina may not be monotypic, they do not seem to consist of just two genera melitaea and mellicta either, and recognition of mellicta appears to leave melitaea paraphyletic. The melitaea athalia photographed in erzurum bears a resemblance to the aberration from kars province given in. Revision of the athalia group of the genus melitaea fabricius, 1807 lepidopt. An updated checklist of the european butterflies zookeys. The caterpillars, which have spines distributed in rows along the body, feed on. An melitaea in nahilalakip ha familia nga nymphalidae. Sizes of melitaea athalia egg clusters laid on each plant species. Patterns of genetic and morphometric differentiation were surveyed in melitaea mellicta athalia populations of the carpathian basin. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. It is found throughout the palaearctic from western europe to japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland.
Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Melitaea and euphydryas article about melitaea and. Wachtelweizenscheckenfalter melitaea athalia deutschlands. Single brooded flying may july depending on locaction. Moths and butterflies of europe and north africa englisch. Athalia, baalite queen of judah and daughter of jezebel soprano josabeth, wife of joad soprano joas, king of judah boy soprano joad, high priest alto mathan, priest of baal, formerly a jewish priest tenor abner, captain of the jewish forces bass mixed chorus satb young virgins, israelites, priests and levites, attendants, sidonian. The male ancillary appendages of european species of the. Melitaea athalia is in strong decline in the lowlands due to darkening processes in the forests eutrophication, dense afforestation, no more clearcuttings and the reduction of extensive grasslands and fens. It is considered a threatened species in the uk and germany, but not europewide or globally.
Keys to species of the athalia group based on female genitalia are given. Schritte international 2 glossar english pdf scoop. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name woodmans follower in parts of the uk. Arthropodplant article pdf available in arthropodplant interactions 22.
This species was previously known as mellicta aurelia. The biodiversity heritage library works collaboratively to make biodiversity literature openly available to the world as part of a global biodiversity community. Pdf host plant use by the heath fritillary butterfly. Pdf mellicta athalia, an endangered species in britain, is found in 3 types of habitat in which it uses a. A dna barcode reference library for swiss butterflies and. Dna barcoding reveals twelve lineages with properties of. Melitaea athalia is widespread in several subspecies across europe, asia and japan. Pdf the taxonomic identity of melitaea athaliaeformia. On the lifehistory of the heath fritillary melitaea athalia rottemburg. Climateinduced changes in the phenotypic plasticity of the heath fritillary, melitaea athalia lepidoptera.
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