Melitaea asteria

Short description: Species of butterfly

Little fritillary

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Genus:  | Melitaea
Species:  |

M. asteria

Binomial name
Melitaea asteria

(Freyer, 1828)[verification needed]

Melitaea asteria, the little fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is found in the Alps of Europe.

The larva feeds on Plantago alpina.

## References

1. ↑ "Melitaea Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

## External links

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Wikidata ☰ Q6812935 entry

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