Melanargia arge

Italian marbled white
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Melanargia
Species: M. arge
Binomial name
Melanargia arge
(Sulzer, 1776)

Melanargia arge, the Italian marbled white, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

It is an endemic species found only in the southern half of Italy and the Eastern half of the Italian island of Sicily.

References

  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Wiemers, M.; Katbeh-Bader, A.; Power, A.; Benyamini, D.; Tzirkalli, E.; Balletto, E.; Monteiro, E.; Karaçetin, E.; Franeta, F.; Pe'er, G.; Welch, H.; Thompson, K.; Pamperis, L.; Dapporto, L.; Šašić, M.; López Munguira, M.; Micevski, N.; Dupont, P.; Garcia-Pereira, P.; Moulai, R.; Caruana, R.; Verovnik, R.; Bonelli, S.; Beshkov, S. (2015). "Melanargia arge". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2015: e.T173235A64819130. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T173235A64819130.en. Retrieved 6 August 2016.


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