Melitaeini
(heath and marsh fritillary butterflies)

Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Euphydryas
marsh fritillary butterflies
Genus 1 subtaxa 2 trophisms 7 references
Melitaea
heath fritillary butterflies
Genus 2 subtaxa 1 trophisms 5 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
TribeMelitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies)
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies)

Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

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Pathology

Kankare, M. & Shaw, M.R. 2003 Molecular phylogeny of Cotesia Cameron, 1891 (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Microgastrinae) parasitoids associated with Melitaeini butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Melitaeini) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 22 images of Melitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies)
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