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{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Taxobox

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| name = Italian Marbled White
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| name = Italian marbled white
| image = Melanargiaarge.JPG
| image = Melanargiaarge.JPG
| image_width = 204px
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| image2 = Melanargia arge - Nature Conservation-001-073-g039.jpg
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| status = LC
| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
| status_system=IUCN3.1
| classis = [[Insect]]a
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=van Swaay, C. |author2=Wynhoff, I. |author3=Wiemers, M. |author4=Katbeh-Bader, A. |author5=Power, A. |author6=Benyamini, D. |author7=Tzirkalli, E. |author8=Balletto, E. |author9=Monteiro, E. |author10=Karaçetin, E. |author11=Franeta, F. |author12=Pe'er, G. |author13=Welch, H. |author14=Thompson, K. |author15=Pamperis, L. |author16=Dapporto, L. |author17=Šašić, M. |author18=López Munguira, M. |author19=Micevski, N. |author20=Dupont, P. |author21=Garcia-Pereira, P. |author22=Moulai, R. |author23=Caruana, R. |author24=Verovnik, R. |author25=Bonelli, S. |author26=Beshkov, S. |date=2015 |title=''Melanargia arge'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T173235A64819130 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173235A64819130.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
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| taxon = Melanargia arge
| unranked_familia = [[Rhopalocera]]
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| authority = ([[Johann Heinrich Sulzer|Sulzer]], 1776)
| superfamilia = [[Papilionoidea]]
| familia = [[Nymphalidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Satyrinae]]
| genus = ''[[Melanargia]]''
| species = '''''Melanargia arge'''''
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| binomial = ''Melanargia arge''
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| binomial_authority = ([[Johann Heinrich Sulzer|Sulzer]], 1776)
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'''''Melanargia arge''''', the '''Italian marbled white''', is a [[butterfly]] of the family [[Nymphalidae]].<ref>[http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/melanargia/ "''Melanargia'' Meigen, 1828"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''</ref> ''M. arge'' Sulz. (= ''amphitrite'' Hbn.) (39 f). Above white, only the submarginal lunate line, the two short bands in the centre and at the apex of the cell, and the beautifully blue-centred ocelli being dark — ab. ''caeca'' Stgr. is without ocelli; rare among the preceding.<ref>[[Adalbert Seitz|Seitz. A.]] in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren){{PD-notice}}</ref>
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It is an [[Endemism|endemic species]] found only in the southern half of [[Italy]] and the eastern half of the Italian island of [[Sicily]].
It flies in May and June in a single generation in rocky places with abundant flowers.
The caterpillar feeds on grasses.


== References ==
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== External links ==
The '''Italian Marbled White''', ''Melanargia arge'', is a [[butterfly]] of the family [[Nymphalidae]].
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It is an [[endemic species]] found only in the southern half of [[Italy]] and the Eastern half of the
Italian island of [[Sicily]].

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==External Links==
*[http://www.leps.it/SpeciesPages/MelanArge.htm Leps It]
*[http://www.leps.it/SpeciesPages/MelanArge.htm Leps It]


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Latest revision as of 22:07, 5 May 2024

Italian marbled white
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanargia
Species:
M. arge
Binomial name
Melanargia arge
(Sulzer, 1776)

Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.[2] M. arge Sulz. (= amphitrite Hbn.) (39 f). Above white, only the submarginal lunate line, the two short bands in the centre and at the apex of the cell, and the beautifully blue-centred ocelli being dark — ab. caeca Stgr. is without ocelli; rare among the preceding.[3] It is an endemic species found only in the southern half of Italy and the eastern half of the Italian island of Sicily. It flies in May and June in a single generation in rocky places with abundant flowers. The caterpillar feeds on grasses.

References

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  1. ^ van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Melanargia arge". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T173235A64819130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173235A64819130.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ^ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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