Melitaea deserticola

Melitaea deserticola
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. deserticola
Binomial name
	Melitaea deserticola; Oberthür, 1909
Synonyms
	Melitaea ab. deserticola Oberthür, 1876; Melitaea didyma harterti Rothschild, 1913; Melitaea didyma harterti ab. pseudoacraeina Rothschild, 1917; Melitaea didyma harterti ab. nigrofasciata Rothschild, 1917; Melitaea abyssinica scotti Higgins, 1941;

Melitaea deserticola, the desert fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt), Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

The larvae feed on Linaria aegyptiaca, Plantago media, Anarrhinum fruticosum and Anarrhinum species.

Subspecies

Melitaea deserticola deserticola (North Africa)
Melitaea deserticola macromaculata Belter, 1934 (Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, western Saudi Arabia)
Melitaea deserticola scotti Higgins, 1941 (Yemen, Oman)

Melitaea deserticola from Saudi Arabia

References

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

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

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