Aetherie fritillary

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Aetherie fritillary
File:(MHNT) Melitaea aetherie aetherie - Scillato Sicile - male dorsal.jpg
Male
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

Biology

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.

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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

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