Melitaea britomartis

Assmann's Fritillary
Mellicta britomartis in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melitaea
Species:	M. britomartis
Binomial name
Melitaea britomartis Assmann, 1847
Synonyms
Mellicta britomartis (Assmann, 1847)

Assmann's Fritillary, Melitaea britomartis, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has a wide geographic range and is represented by three subspecies.

• M. b. britomartis Europe including the Balkans and Italy to North Kazakhstan and Altai
• M. b. amurensis (Staudinger, 1892) Altais to Amur
• M. b. latefascia (Fixsen, 1887) South Ussuri, Korea, Northe East China

The larva feeds on species of Plantago and Veronica.

External links

• Leps It
• Lepiforum