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Melitaea
Melitaea is a genus of brush-footed butterflies (family Nymphalidae). They are here placed in the tribe Melitaeini of subfamily Nymphalinae; some authors elevate this tribe to subfamily rank.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Spotted Fritillary
speciesMelitaea didyma
Heath Fritillary
speciesMelitaea athalia
Glanville Fritillary
speciesMelitaea cinxia
Knapweed Fritillary
speciesMelitaea phoebe
Southern Heath Fritillary
speciesMelitaea celadussa
False Heath Fritillary
speciesMelitaea diamina
European Meadow Fritillary
speciesMelitaea parthenoides
Lesser Spotted Fritillary
speciesMelitaea trivia
Provençal Fritillary
speciesMelitaea deione
Nickerl's fritillary
speciesMelitaea aurelia
Grisons Fritillary
speciesMelitaea varia
Assmann's Fritillary
speciesMelitaea britomartis
Freyer's Fritillary
speciesMelitaea arduinna
Caucasian Spotted Fritillary
speciesMelitaea interrupta
Eastern Knapweed Fritillary
speciesMelitaea ornata
Iberian Knapweed Fritillary
speciesMelitaea pseudornata
Melitaea syriaca
speciesMelitaea syriaca
Melitaea latonigena
speciesMelitaea latonigena
Acentria's Fritillary
speciesMelitaea acentria
Jerusalem Fritillary
speciesMelitaea telona
Blackvein Fritillary
speciesMelitaea arcesia
Aetherie Fritillary
speciesMelitaea aetherie
Melitaea didymoides
speciesMelitaea didymoides
Little Fritillary
speciesMelitaea asteria
Melitaea caucasogenita
speciesMelitaea caucasogenita
Persian Fritillary
speciesMelitaea persea
Desert Fritillary
speciesMelitaea deserticola
Melitaea jezabel
speciesMelitaea jezabel
Algerian Fritillary
speciesMelitaea punica
Lederer's Fritillary
speciesMelitaea collina
Melitaea menetriesi
speciesMelitaea menetriesi
Melitaea ambigua
speciesMelitaea ambigua
Melitaea irka
speciesMelitaea irka
Melitaea romanovi
speciesMelitaea romanovi
Melitaea sibina
speciesMelitaea sibina
Melitaea protomedia
speciesMelitaea protomedia
Melitaea minerva
speciesMelitaea minerva
Melitaea yuenty
speciesMelitaea yuenty
Melitaea scotosia
speciesMelitaea scotosia
Melitaea sutschana
speciesMelitaea sutschana
Sagarra's fritillary
speciesMelitaea ignasiti
Ferganian Fritillary
speciesMelitaea fergana
Baluchi Fritillary
speciesMelitaea robertsi
Sindur Checkerspot
speciesMelitaea sindura
Melitaea gina
speciesMelitaea gina
Melitaea alatauica
speciesMelitaea alatauica
Turkmen Fritillary
speciesMelitaea turkmanica
Melitaea solona
speciesMelitaea solona
Melitaea ala
speciesMelitaea ala
Melitaea amoenula
speciesMelitaea amoenula
Southern Knapweed Fritillary
speciesMelitaea abbas
Melitaea rebeli
speciesMelitaea rebeli
African fritillary
speciesMelitaea abyssinica
Melitaea tangigharuensis
speciesMelitaea tangigharuensis
Melitaea ninae
speciesMelitaea ninae
Melitaea asteroida
speciesMelitaea asteroida
Melitaea bellona
speciesMelitaea bellona
Melitaea didymina
speciesMelitaea didymina
Melitaea agar
speciesMelitaea agar
Melitaea uvarovi
speciesMelitaea uvarovi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57496.