Melitaea - Heath Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea Parthenoides, Melitaea Varia, Melitaea Didyma, Melitaea Aurelia, Melitaea Phoebe (Paperback)

Chapters: Heath Fritillary, Glanville Fritillary, Melitaea Parthenoides, Melitaea Varia, Melitaea Didyma, Melitaea Aurelia, Melitaea Phoebe, Melitaea Trivia, Melitaea Diamina. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 32. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mellicta athalia The Heath Fritillary (Melitaea athalia) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from Western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "Woodman's Follower" in parts of the UK. It is considered a threatened species in the UK and Germany, but not Europe-wide or globally. Underside showing diagnostic pattern of spotsSee glossary for terms usedHeath Fritillaries have a wing-span of 3947 mm. The upperside is predominantly dark brown and orange-brown, with the orange-brown spots delineated by dark brown (along and across the wing-veins); there is a white fringe to the wings through which the dark brown extends. The upperside of the body is a similar dark brown to the colour on the wing, and the base of both wings is dark brown. The underside shows bands of red and (off-)white, again with each vein dark brown and each colour delineated by dark brown. The pattern of white spots at the base of the hindwing (visible at rest) is diagnostic for identification. The Heath Fritillary ranges throughout the Palaearctic region from Western Europe to Japan. In Europe, it is absent from Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, southern Portugal, southern Spain, the Mediterranean islands and southern Greece. In the UK, it is restricted to Cornwall and Devon grasslands (abandoned hay-meadows); Exmoor (heathland); and Kent and Essex (coppiced woodland on acid soils). The populations in Essex are the result of reintroductions, an...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=222151