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Published September 12, 2025 | Version v1
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Melitaea didyma

Authors/Creators

  • 1. E-mail: mgarre @ um. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 5846 - 8621
  • 2. E-mail: pacolencinalepi @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0004 - 3429 - 3814
  • 3. E-mail: rmrubio @ um. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 0109 - 7874
  • 4. E-mail: juanjogf @ um. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 9645 - 5266
  • 5. E-mail: albalatec @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0000 - 1762 - 8791
  • 6. E-mail: el _ padre _ abad @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0009 - 0008 - 1242 - 5184
  • 7. E-mail: aortiz @ um. es; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3877 - 6096 Corresponding author. E-mail: aortiz @ um. es

Description

Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778)

Distribution: Eurasiatic

Notes: References: Lencina (1980), Calle et al. (2000), Lencina (2001), Aistleitner (2016). Biological data: Bivoltine. Flight period: IV- IX. Altitudinal range: 720- 2,000 m. Feeding patterns: Polyphagous.

Notes

Published as part of Garre, Manuel, Lencina, Francisco, Rubio, Rosa M., Guerrero, Juan J., Albaladejo, Aquilino, Abad, Carmelo & Ortiz, Antonio S., 2025, An annotated checklist of the Papilionoidea of the Murcia region (Spain) with new records, distribution and biological data (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea), pp. 111-139 in Ecologica Montenegrina 89 on page 125, DOI: 10.37828/em.2025.89.7, http://zenodo.org/record/20163183

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Journal article: 10.37828/em.2025.89.7 (DOI)
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Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Esper
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Melitaea
Species
didyma
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Melitaea didyma (Esper, 1778) sec. Garre, Lencina, Rubio, Guerrero, Albaladejo, Abad & Ortiz, 2025

References

  • Lencina, F. (1980) Contribucion al conocimiento de los ropaloceros del Macizo de Revolcadores- Moratalla (Murcia). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 8 (30), 145-146.
  • Calle, J. A., Lencina, F., Gonzalez-Lopez F, Ortiz, A. S. (2000) Las mariposas de la Region de Murcia. Macrolepidopteros diurnos y nocturnos. Nausicaa, Murcia, 396 pp.
  • Lencina, F. (2001) Mariposas diurnas (Ropaloceros y Zigenidos). Enciclopedia divulgativa de la historia natural de Jumilla-Yecla 3. Sociedad Mediterranea de Historia Natural, Jumilla, 141 pp.
  • Aistleitner, E. (2016) Zur Kenntnis der Schmetterlingsfauna der Iberischen Halbinsel I. Topografie, Geologie, Klima und Vegetation. Daten der Tagfalter aus den Gelandeprotokollen zwischen den Jahren 1970 bis 2013 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea). Linzer Biologische Beitrage, 48 (2), 907-978.