Rank Species | Genus Melanargia | |
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Similar Melanargia russiae, Hipparchia syriaca, Melanargia, Melanargia occitanica, Kirinia roxelana | ||
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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. The habitat consists of dry grasslands, scrubby hillsides and grassy woodland glades.
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The wingspan is about 52 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-May to July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Brachypodium species.
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