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(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
PROTOSTOMIA
(protostomes)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
PTERYGOTA
(winged insects)
Neoptera
(an infraclass of insects)
Endopterygota
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
NYMPHALIDAE
(fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
Mellicta athalia
(Heath Fritillary)
Mellicta athalia
is also a member of:
Nymphalidae (indet. Fritillary)
(via Mellicta athalia)
Macrolepidoptera
(via Papilionoidea)
Invertebrates
(via Arthropoda)

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Mellicta athalia Rottemburg, 1775 (Heath Fritillary)

Sets of Photographs

These relate to individual finds ("biological records") of the organism.

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

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Bush, R., 2004, Heath Fritillary, British Wildlife, Vol 15, No. 3: 204 (illustration) 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 (illustration) Heath Fritillary (underside)

Mellicta athalia may also be covered by literature listed under:

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

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 feeding and other relationships of Mellicta athalia (Heath Fritillary)

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