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species

Knapweed Fritillary
Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Nymphalidae - brushfoots »  genus Melitaea

Scientific synonyms

Cinclidia phoebe
Melitaea occitanica Staudinger, 1871
Melitaea paedotrophos (Bergsträsser, 1780)

Images

Melitaea phoebe - Knapweed Fritillary

female

Author: Josef Němec

Melitaea phoebe - Knapweed Fritillary

Author: Jitka Růžičková

Melitaea phoebe - Knapweed Fritillary

Author: Václav John

larva

Taxon in country check-lists*

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Links and literature

CZ EN Laštůvka Z., Liška J.: Checklist of Lepidoptera of the Czech Republic [http://www.lepidoptera.wz.cz/] [as Melitaea phoebe (Den. & Schiff., 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 28 February 2009
EN SR Djurić M.: Butterflies of Serbia [http://leptiri.beograd.com/index.html] [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)]
EN de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea 2.4 [http://www.faunaeur.org] [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 9 March 2012
CZ DE Bělín V. (1999): Motýli České a Slovenské republiky aktivní ve dne, Kabourek, Zlín [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)]
CZ EN Farkač J., Král D. & Škorpík M. (eds.) (2005): Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky - Bezobratlí, Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, 760 pp. [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis et Schiffermüller,1775)]
CZ EN Hejda R., Farkač J., Chobot K. (eds.) (2017): Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky - Bezobratlí, Příroda 36, AOPK ČR [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 27 February 2025
EN Jakšić P., Nahirnić A., Petrović S. (2013): Compendium of Serbian Butterflies with Vernacular Names, Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, 6: 75-88 [as Melitaea phoebe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 18 January 2014

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Explanations

species extinct or not found recently in area described by check-list