Melanargia titea

Melanargia titea, the Levantine marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Armenia, Iran and Turkey.

Levantine marbled white
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Melanargia
Species:
M. titea
Binomial name
Melanargia titea
(Klug, 1832)[2]

The wingspan is about 55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.[3]

The larvae feed on Gramineae and Poaceae species.

Subspecies
  • Melanargia titea titea
  • Melanargia titea wiskotti (Röber, 1896) (Turkey)

Taxonomy

Recent research suggest Melanargia titea is in fact a subspecies of Melanargia larissa, while Melanargia titea wiskotti is raised to full-species rank.[4]

References
  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Melanargia titea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T62148584A62152854. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T62148584A62152854.en.
  2. "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. treknature
  4. Molecular systematics and phylogeny of the ‘Marbled Whites’ (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Melanargia Meigen) Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine


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