Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Hexapoda > Class Insecta > Order Lepidoptera > Superfamily Papilionoidea > Family Nymphalidae > Subfamily Melitaeinae > Tribe Melitaeini > Genus Melitaea

Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Melitaea*	Fabricius, 1807	accepted genus name
*Athaliaeformis*	Vérity, 1950	generic synonym
*Cinclidia*	Hübner, 1818	generic synonym
*Didymaeformis*	Vérity, 1950	generic synonym
*Mellicta*	Billberg, 1820	generic synonym

Species group names

*Papilio cinxia*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: flutura shumëngjyrëshe sources: DHORA, DH. 2008: Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Danish: Okkergul pletvinge sources: danish PESI focal point

Dutch: Veldparelmoervlinder sources: Dutch Species Register

English-United States: Glanville Fritillary sources: Charles Hussey

Norwegian Bokmål: prikkrutevinge

Norwegian Nynorsk: prikkruteveng

Swedish: ängsnätfjäril

Ukrainian: Рябець рудий; Рябець Цинксія sources: Ukraine PESI focal point

Welsh: britheg Glanville

Genbank

External Links

GBIF

Citation

Verovnik, Rudi & Wiemers, Martin Vliegenthart, Albert. Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441582