Aetherie fritillary

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Aetherie fritillary

Male
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. aetherie
Binomial name
*Melitaea aetherie* (Hübner, 1826)
Synonyms
Melitaea aetherea (lapsus) Melitaea aetheria (lapsus) Melitaea aetheriae (lapsus)

The aetherie fritillary (Melitaea aetherie) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Distribution

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It is found locally in mountain areas of North Africa and very locally in southern Spain, southern Portugal, Sicily and southern Italy.

Biology

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The insect flies from mid-April until the end of May with a second generation in September in Italy. The habitat is open grasslands and flowery meadows. The larvae feed on various Centaurea knapweeds. The flowers of Centaurea also attract the nectar-feeding adults.

Description

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Taxon identifiers
Melitaea aetherie	Wikidata: Q3332957 BioLib: 51608 BOLD: 200035 CoL: 6R9SV EoL: 161432 EUNIS: 90917 Fauna Europaea: 441587 Fauna Europaea (new): 7cf4a4c6-c8fd-45ef-85a5-43198a66f240 GBIF: 1899737 iNaturalist: 484087 IRMNG: 10461724 IUCN: 174201 LepIndex: 155304 MaBENA: MelitAethe NCBI: 578764 Observation.org: 80872
Papilio aetherie	Wikidata: Q109585016 GBIF: 9128787