Melanargia titea

Melanargia titea
Melanargia titea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanargia
Species: M. titea
Binomial name
Melanargia titea
(Klug, 1832)[1]

The Levantine Marbled White (Melanargia titea) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Armenia, Iran and Turkey.

The wingspan is about 55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.[2]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ Melanargia at funet
  2. ^ treknature
  3. ^ Molecular systematics and phylogeny of the ‘Marbled Whites’ (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Melanargia Meigen)
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