Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Nymphalidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Melanargia | |
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Similar Melanargia larissa, Maniola telmessia, Chilades galba, Pseudochazara pelopea, Allancastria deyrollei | ||
The Levantine marbled white (Melanargia titea) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Syria, the Palestinian Territories, Israel, Armenia, Iran and Turkey.
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The wingspan is about 55 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June.
The larvae feed on Gramineae and Poaceae species.
Subspecies
Taxonomy
Recent research suggest Melanargia titea is in fact a subspecies of Melanargia larissa, while Melanargia titea wiskotti is raised to full-species rank.
References
Melanargia titea Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA