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Melitaea asteria

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Species of butterfly
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Little fritillary
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species: M. asteria
Binomial name
Melitaea asteria
(Freyer, 1828)

Melitaea asteria, the little fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Alps of Europe.

The larva feeds on Plantago alpina.

References

  1. "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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Taxon identifiers
Melitaea asteria


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