Summary description from Wikipedia:

Melitaea in languages:

Czech

hnědásek

Estonian

Võrkliblikad

German

Scheckenfalter

Hebrew

נימפית

Japanese

ヒョウモンモドキ属

Korean

암어리표범나비속

Latvian

Pļavraibeņi

Portuguese

Fritilárias

Russian

Шашечницы

Ukrainian

Рябець

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Parent Taxon

• Nymphalidae

Sibling Taxa

• Anthanassa
• Antillea
• Atlantea
• Castilia
• Chlosyne
• Dagon
• Dymasia
• Eresia
• Euphydryas
• Gnathotriche
• Higginsius
• Janatella
• Mazia
• Melitaea
• Microtia
• Occidryas
• Ortilia
• Phyciodes
• Phystis
• Poladryas
• Tegosa
• Telenassa
• Texola
• Tisona

Child Taxa

• Melitaea abbas
• Melitaea abyssinica
• Melitaea acentria
• Melitaea acraeina
• Melitaea aetherie
• Melitaea agar
• Melitaea ala
• Melitaea alatauica
• Melitaea ambigua
• Melitaea amoenula
• Melitaea arcesia
• Melitaea arduinna
• Melitaea asteria
• Melitaea asteroida
• Melitaea athalia
• Melitaea athene
• Melitaea aurelia
• Melitaea bellona
• Melitaea britomartis
• Melitaea casta
• Melitaea caucasogenita
• Melitaea celadussa
• Melitaea cinxia
• Melitaea collina
• Melitaea consulis
• Melitaea deione
• Melitaea deserticola
• Melitaea diamina
• Melitaea didyma
• Melitaea didymina
• Melitaea didymoides
• Melitaea eberti
• Melitaea enoch
• Melitaea fascelis
• Melitaea fergana
• Melitaea gina
• Melitaea higginsi
• Melitaea ignasiti
• Melitaea interrupta
• Melitaea irka
• Melitaea ismeria
• Melitaea jezabel
• Melitaea kuchi
• Melitaea latonigena
• Melitaea ludmilla
• Melitaea lunulata
• Melitaea marsilia
• Melitaea menetriesi
• Melitaea minerva
• Melitaea ninae
• Melitaea ogygia
• Melitaea ornata
• Melitaea orsa
• Melitaea parthenoides
• Melitaea perse
• Melitaea persea
• Melitaea phoebe
• Melitaea plotina
• Melitaea protomedia
• Melitaea pseudornata
• Melitaea pseudosibina
• Melitaea punica
• Melitaea robertsi
• Melitaea romanovi
• Melitaea sarvistana
• Melitaea saxatilis
• Melitaea scotosia
• Melitaea sibina
• Melitaea sindura
• Melitaea solona
• Melitaea sutschana
• Melitaea syriaca
• Melitaea telona
• Melitaea transcaucasica
• Melitaea trivia
• Melitaea turanica
• Melitaea turkmanica
• Melitaea varia
• Melitaea vedica
• Melitaea wiltshirei
• Melitaea yuenty
• Melitaea yugakuana

Top Observation Places

• Gasteiz / Vitoria
• Glazov
• Toulouse
• Moncalieri
• Vicenza
• Lyon
• Villeurbanne
• Lyon 03
• Lyon 08
• Lyon 07
• Lyon 06
• Lyon 09
• Graz
• Montpellier
• Bergamo
• Como
• Varese
• Lugano