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Mellicta athalia Rottemburg, 1775 (Heath Fritillary)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Mellicta athalia Imago 6 June 2004 East Kent England 1
Mellicta athalia Larva 6 June 2004 East Kent England 3
Mellicta athalia Larva 6 June 2004 East Kent England 2

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bush, R., 2004, Heath Fritillary, British Wildlife, Vol 15, No. 3: 204 Heath Fritillary
Revels, R./Bush, R., 2006, Heath Fritillary and caterpillar, British Wildlife, Volume 17 (6): 400 (Colour photographs) Heath Fritillary and caterpillar
Wharton, T., 2003, Heath Fritillary (underside), British Wildlife, Vol 15, No 2: 126 Heath Fritillary (underside)

Mellicta athalia may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Mellicta athalia:

Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]

Mellicta athalia may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
NYMPHALIDAE
(fritillary and vanessid butterflies)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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