Melanargia occitanica

Species of butterfly

Melanargia occitanica

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

M. occitanica

Binomial name
Melanargia occitanica

Esper, 1793

Melanargia occitanica, the western marbled white, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1]

## Distribution[edit]

It can be found in North Africa and south western Europe.(West Morocco, South-west Europe, Portugal, Spain, South France and Italian Alps).

## Description[edit]

The length of the forewings is 25–28 mm. Seitz - M. syllius Hbst. (= occitanica Esp.) (39 d, e). At once recognized by the veins and transverse lines forming a network of brown markings on the hindwing beneath, the large ocelli with their heavy whitish violet centres standing in between the stripes. The cell of the forewing above bears a black transverse line not far from its apex.[2]

* Melanargia occitanica ♂

* Melanargia occitanica ♂ △

## Subspecies[edit]

* Melanargia occitanica pelagia Oberthür, 1911 Morocco
* Melanargia occitanica megalatlasica Tarrier, 1995 Tizi-n-Talrhemt High Atlas,Morocco
* Melanargia occitanica moghrebiana Varin, 1951 Ifrane, Azrou, Annoceur, Tizi-n-Foucht, Col du Taghzeft, Aghbalou-Larbi in the Middle Atlas

## Biology[edit]

In Europe the butterflies fly in one generation from April to June.In Morocco only in May.In Europe the habitat is garrigue ; in Morocco the edges of mountain forests.

The larvae feed on various grasses- Brachypodium pinnatum, Dactylis glomerata, Lygeum spartum.

## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Melanargia occitanica.

1. ^ "Melanargia Meigen, 1828" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. ^ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

* Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Melanargia occitanica
* Butterflies of Europe

Taxon identifiers

Melanargia occitanica|

* Wikidata: Q2552276
* Wikispecies: Melanargia occitanica
* BioLib: 51754
* BOLD: 160560
* EoL: 136454
* EUNIS: 90812
* Fauna Europaea: 441451
* Fauna Europaea (new): 7d4c8f89-5b93-4b7a-b9e2-21957714f253
* GBIF: 1916554
* iNaturalist: 362065
* IRMNG: 10925542
* LepIndex: 142490
* MaBENA: MelanOccit
* NBN: NHMSYS0000522027
* NCBI: 679100
* Observation.org: 80885
* Open Tree of Life: 971683

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