Euphydryas desfontainii

Euphydryas desfontainii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Euphydryas
Species: E. desfontainii
Binomial name
Euphydryas desfontainii
(Godart, 1819)
Synonyms
  • Papilio desfontainii Godart, 1819
  • Argynnis desfontainii
  • Melitaea desfontainii var. gibrati Oberthür, 1922
  • Melitaea baetica Rambur, 1858
  • Euphydryas desfontainii martae

Euphydryas desfontainii, the Spanish fritillary, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in France, Spain,[1] Morocco (the Rif mountains and Middle Atlas) and western Algeria in North Africa.[2]

Description

The wingspan is 40–45 mm.

Biology

Adults are on wing from April to June in one generation per year.[3]

The larvae feed on Dipsacus, Scabiosa, Cephalaria and Knautia species (including Knautia arvensis).[4] The species overwinters in the larval stage. Pupation takes place in spring.

Subspecies

  • Euphydryas desfontainii desfontainii (Morocco and Algeria)
  • Euphydryas desfontainii baetica (Rambur, 1858) (Europe)
  • Euphydryas desfontainii boumalnei Weiss 2000
  • Euphydryas desfontainii gibrati (Oberthür, 1922)

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ "Euphydryas Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ butterflies.de
  4. ↑ Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa


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