Melanargia galathea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Melanargia
- Species
- Melanargia galathea
- Scientific Name
- Melanargia galathea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melanargia galathea
Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a medium-sized butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Despite its common name and appearance, this butterfly is one of the "browns", of the subfamily Satyrinae.
This species can be found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. It is found in forest clearings and edges, meadows and steppe where it occurs up to 1,500–1,700 metres (4,900–5,600 ft) above sea level. The caterpillars feed on various grasses.
...Melanargia galathea in languages:
- Bulgarian
- Шахматна пеперуда
- Catalan
- Escac aranès
- Catalan
- Escac europeu
- Croatian
- Pjegavac
- Croatian
- Šah-ploča
- Croatian
- Šahovnica
- Czech
- okáč bojínkový
- Danish
- Galathea
- Dutch
- Dambordje
- English
- Marbled White
- Estonian
- Valgesilmik
- French
- Demi-deuil
- French
- Échiquier commun
- French
- Arge galathée
- German
- Schachbrett
- German
- Damenbrett
- Hungarian
- sakktáblalepke
- Italian
- Galatea
- Japanese
- ヨーロッパシロジャノメ
- Lithuanian
- Juodmargis Satyras
- Luxembourgish
- Schachbriet
- Polish
- polowiec szachownica
- Russian
- Пестроглазка галатея
- Serbian
- Шаховничар
- Serbian
- Šahovničar
- Slovak
- Očkáň timotejkový
- Slovene
- Travniški lisar
- Slovene
- navadni lisar
- Swedish
- schackbräde
- Turkish
- Orman Melikesi
- Ukrainian
- Мереживниця Галатея
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Melanargia arge
- Melanargia asiatica
- Melanargia caoi
- Melanargia epimede
- Melanargia evartianae
- Melanargia galathea
- Melanargia ganymedes
- Melanargia grumi
- Melanargia halimede
- Melanargia hylata
- Melanargia ines
- Melanargia lachesis
- Melanargia larissa
- Melanargia leda
- Melanargia lucasi
- Melanargia lugens
- Melanargia meridionalis
- Melanargia montana
- Melanargia occitanica
- Melanargia olaria
- Melanargia parce
- Melanargia pherusa
- Melanargia russiae
- Melanargia syriaca
- Melanargia teneates
- Melanargia titea
- Melanargia transcaspica
Child Taxa
Top Observation Places
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