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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melitaea
- Image
- Melitaea athalia MHNT UT 2013 3 29 Urval female both sides.jpg
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- Commons category
- Melitaea athalia
- taxon rank
- species
- taxon name
- Melitaea athalia
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- Melitaea athalia
- taxon common name
- Wisen-Scheckefalter
- has host
- Veronica chamaedrys
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Encyclopedic overview
The heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "woodman's follower" in parts of the UK. It is considered a threatened species in the UK and Germany, but not Europe-wide or globally.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heath Fritillary” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.