Melitaea britomartis

Assmann's fritillary
In Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species: M. britomartis
Binomial name
Melitaea britomartis
Assmann, 1847
Synonyms
  • Mellicta britomartis (Assmann, 1847)

Melitaea britomartis, or Assmann's fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has a wide geographic range and is represented by three subspecies.

  • M. b. britomartis Europe including the Balkans and Italy to North Kazakhstan and Altai
  • M. b. amurensis (Staudinger, 1892) Altais to Amur
  • M. b. latefascia (Fixsen, 1887) South Ussuri, Korea, North East China

The larva feeds on species of Plantago and Veronica.

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