Melitaea diamina (Lang, 1789) Species
Last modified: March 15, 2022, 11:08 a.m.
Extinct in Flanders from (presumably) 1954. In the south of Belgium known from three provinces. In the extreme south locally fairly common. Vulnerable!
Details
- Classification
- Family: Nymphalidae > Subfamily: Melitaeinae > Tribus: Melitaeini > Genus: Melitaea > Species: Melitaea diamina
- Vernacular names
- Woudparelmoervlinder (NL), False Heath Fritillary (EN), Mélitée noirâtre (FR), Baldrian-Scheckenfalter (DE)
- Synonyms
- Melitaea dictynna (Esper, 1779), nec (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
- 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] Dictynna).
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
Museum specimens
No pictures yet!Specimens in nature
Flight periods
The adults fly from the end of May till the beginning of August.
Observed on
- Host plant (genera):
- Valeriana
The larva lives on Valeriana officinalis.
No pictures yet!
