Melitaea cinxia

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Melitaeina
Genus: Melitaea
Species: Melitaea cinxia
Subspecies: M. c. aversa – M. c. cinxia – M. c. oasis

Name

Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Papilio cinxia Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio pilodellae Rottemburg, 1775
• Papilio pilosella Rottemburg, 1775
• Papilio delia Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
• Papilio abacus Rezius, 1783 (nom. nud.)
• Papilio cinxia var. fulla Quensel, 1791

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 480 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Churkin, S.V. & Kolesnichenko, K.A. 2002a. Melitaea cinxia aversa ssp. n., a new subspecies of Nymphalidae from Tian-Shan (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Helios 3: 136-142. Reference page. 
• Huang, R.-X. & Murayama, S.-i. 1992. Butterflies of Xinjiang Province, China. Tyô to Ga 43(1): 1–22. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• funet.fi
• Melitaea cinxia Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
• ZooBank: 0F47B0E0-CFEF-4D9F-89C1-A446B5BCF85B

Vernacular names

català: Damer puntejat
Cymraeg: Britheg Glanville
dansk: Okkergul pletvinge
Deutsch: Wegerich-Scheckenfalter
English: Glanville Fritillary
suomi: Täpläverkkoperhonen
français: Mélitée du plantain
Frysk: Fjildparlemoerflinter
magyar: Réti tarkalepke
lietuvių: Rudgelsvė šaškytė
Nederlands: Veldparelmoervlinder
norsk: Prikkrutevinge
polski: Przeplatka cinksia
русский: Шашечница цинксия
svenska: Ängsnätfjäril
Türkçe: İparhan

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