Melanargia occitanica

Melanargia occitanica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melanargia
Species:	M. occitanica
Binomial name
	Melanargia occitanica; Esper, 1793

Melanargia occitanica, the western marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found in North Africa and south western Europe.

The length of the forewings is 25–28 mm. Seitz - M. syllius Hbst. (= occitanica Esp.) (39 d, e). At once recogniced by the veins and transverse lines forming a network of brown markings on the hindwing beneath, the large ocelli with their heavy whitish violet centres standing in between the stripes. The cell of the forewing above bears a black transverse line not far from its apex.[2]

The butterflies fly in one generation from April to June.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

"Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

[2] Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.