Melanargia larissa

Balkan marbled white
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melanargia
Species: M. larissa
Binomial name
Melanargia larissa
(Geyer, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Papilio larissa Geyer, [1828]
  • Melanargia titania Calberla, 1891
  • Melanargia standfussi Wagener, 1983
  • Melanargia grumi Standfuss, 1892
  • Melanargia syriaca Oberthür, 1894
  • Papilio hylata Ménétriés, 1832
  • Melanargia iranica Seitz, 1907
  • Melanargia massageta Staudinger, 1901
  • Melanargia taurica Röber, 1896
  • Melanargia titea Klug, 1832

Melanargia larissa, the Balkan marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found from south-eastern Europe (Croatia, Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Greece) and Asia Minor to Transcaucasia and north-western Iran.[1] The habitat consists of dry grasslands, scrubby hillsides and grassy woodland glades.[2]

The wingspan is about 52 mm.[3] Adults are on wing from mid-May to July in one generation per year.[4]

The larvae feed on Brachypodium species.[5]

Subspecies

References

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