Seq # 470150010

Euphydryas aurinia (Rottemburg, 1775) Species

Last modified: Sept. 13, 2023, 8:06 p.m.


Extinct in Flanders since approximately 1959. In the south of Belgium known from three provinces. Reintroductions in three localities were successful. Critically endangered!


Details

Classification
Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Melitaeinae > Tribus: Melitaeini > Genus: Euphydryas > Species: Euphydryas aurinia
Vernacular names
Moerasparelmoervlinder (NL), Marsh Fritillary (EN), Damier de la succise (FR), Goldener Scheckenfalter (DE)
Synonyms
Euphydryas artemis (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), nec (Drury, 1773)
First mention in Belgium
De Sélys-Longchamps E. 1837. Catalogue des Lépidoptères ou Papillons de la Belgique, précédé du tableau des Libellulines de ce pays. — — : 1–29. On page 19 (as Melithea [sic] Artemis). view page
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature


Flight periods

The adults fly from early May till the end of June.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Succisa pratensis, Scabiosa columbaria and Knautia arvensis
Host plant (genera):
Dipsacus

The larva lives mainly on Succisa pratensis, also on Scabiosa columbaria.

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