Heath fritillary

Heath fritillary
Both M. a. lachares, Estonia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Mellicta
Species:
M. athalia
Binomial name
Mellicta athalia
(Rottemburg, 1775)
Synonyms
List
  • Melitaea alba Rehfous, 1905
  • Melitaea aquilari Querci, 1932
  • Melitaea athalia subsp. aphaea (Hübner, 1816)
  • Melitaea athalia subsp. pyronia (Hübner, 1804)
  • Melitaea athalia von Rottemburg, 1775
  • Melitaea bifasciata Reverdin, 1914
  • Melitaea cinnamomea Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz, 1917
  • Melitaea cinxiodictynnoides Stauder, 1922
  • Melitaea commacula Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea conica Matsumura, 1929
  • Melitaea csikii Aigner-Abafi, 1906
  • Melitaea demarginata Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea dictynnaesimilis Verity, 1930
  • Melitaea fallax Hormuzaki, 1925
  • Melitaea flavescens Matsumura, 1929
  • Melitaea flavoelongata Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea fulla Quensel, 1791
  • Melitaea funesta Stauder, 1922
  • Melitaea indigna Cabeau, 1922
  • Melitaea latonigena Spuler, 1901
  • Melitaea leucophana Cabeau, 1912
  • Melitaea ligata Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea melanina Herrich-Schäffer
  • Melitaea mirabilis Fernández, 1929
  • Melitaea mirefasciata Cabeau, 1923
  • Melitaea molpadia Varin, 1933
  • Melitaea navarina de Selys-Longchamps, 1837
  • Melitaea nigrathalia Johnstone, 1944
  • Melitaea nigrobella Rocci, 1942
  • Melitaea nigropunctata Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea norvegica Aurivillius, 1888
  • Melitaea obsoleta Tutt, 1896
  • Melitaea phyciodina Hormuzaki, 1934
  • Melitaea poedotrophos Bergstrasser, 1780
  • Melitaea postdivergens Rocci, 1930
  • Melitaea postfuscofasciata Goodson, 1960
  • Melitaea progressiva Ksenzhopol'sky, 1911
  • Melitaea pseudodelminia Verity, 1940
  • Melitaea radiata Eisner, 1942
  • Melitaea retyezatica Diószeghy, 1930
  • Melitaea sohana Cabeau, 1922
  • Melitaea spadana Cabeau, 1922
  • Melitaea submaxima Verity, 1924
  • Melitaea subtusnigrescens Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea tectensis Cabeau, 1922
  • Melitaea tessellata Stephens, 1827
  • Melitaea transitoria Eisner, 1942
  • Melitaea tricolor Hormuzaki, 1897
  • Melitaea unifasciata Caruel, 1944
  • Melitaea virgata Tutt, 1896
  • Mellicta aphaea Hübner
  • Mellicta athalia subsp. athalia
  • Mellicta athalia subsp. norvegica (Aurivillius, 1888)
  • Mellicta corythallia Hübner, 1790
  • Mellicta dorfmeisteri Hellweger, 1911
  • Mellicta hertha Quensel, 1791
  • Mellicta neglecta Pfau, 1962
  • Mellicta nigriornea Lempke, 1955
  • Mellicta nigromarginata Lempke, 1955
  • Mellicta reticulata Higgins, 1955
  • Mellicta samonica Riesen, 1891
  • Papilio athalia Rottemburg, 1775
  • Papilio eos Haworth, 1803
  • Papilio leucippe Schneider, 1789
  • Papilio pyronia Hübner, 1804

The heath fritillary (Mellicta 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.

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