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Melitaea didyma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Spotted Fritillary, red-band fritillary
species of insect
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Observations recorded116,507
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 164
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- KWP, UMNH, RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, YPM
- Recorded in
- Russia, Spain, Italy, France
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Encyclopedic overview
Melitaea didyma, the spotted fritillary or red-band fritillary, is a Palearctic butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melitaea didyma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.