Melitaea aurelia Nickerl, 1850 Species
Last modified: Dec. 5, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
A very rare, local and rapidly declining species in Belgium. There are two old records (vagrants) in Flanders and in the south of Belgium the species is known from some populations, mainly in the Famenne (older records) and the Gaume. In 2019 a specimen was recorded in AN.
Critically endangered!
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Melitaeinae > Tribus: Melitaeini > Genus: Melitaea > Species: Melitaea aurelia
- Vernacular names
- Steppeparelmoervlinder (NL), Nickerl's Fritillary (EN), Mélitée de Nickerl (FR), Ehrenpreis-Scheckenfalter (DE)
- Synonyms
- Melitaea parthenie (Borkhausen, 1788), nec (Bergsträsser, 1780)
- First mention in Belgium
- Derenne F. 1905a. Extrait du procès-verbal de la séance mensuelle du 8 janvier 1905. — Revue mensuelle de la Société entomologique namuroise 5: 1. On page 1.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
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Genitalia
Caterpillar
Bionomics
Hibernates as a larva.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year from mid-June till early August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Plantago media
The larva lives on Plantago lanceolata, Melampyrum pratense and Rhinanthus minor.
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