Melitaea ornata Christoph, 1893

eastern knapweed fritillary

on thistles

parasite

Larvae freely on the leaves.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Carduus collinus, nutans subsp. platypus; Centaurea raphanina; Cirsium arvense, pannonicum, pyrenaicum, vulgare; Jurinea ? mollis; Onopordum acanthium, illyricum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

ei, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Sánchez Mesa & Muñoz Sariot.

references

Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Lepiforum (2021), Rákosy & Wieser (2010a), Russell & Pateman (2019a), Russell, Pateman & Verovnik (2014a), Sánchez Mesa & Muñoz Sariot (2017a), Tóth, Bereczki, Végvári, ao (2015a), Tóth, Varga, Végvári & Varga (2012a).