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.

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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

Melanargia

Sibling Taxa

Child Taxa

Melanargia galathea satnia

Melanargia galathea: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melanargia galathea

Melanargia galathea in languages:

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