Mircea V.
Butterfly Melitaea didyma
Melitaea didyma is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
It is found in Romania, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and the Near East,
central Europe from north Africa to Poland and Greece.
The wingspan is 35-50 mm. The butterfly flies from April to September depending on the location. The males are usually of a very rich red that is easily seen from a distance and differentiated from the other Fritillaries. From north Spain to Greece the subspecies meridionalis flies. This has very dusky females. Elsewhere other named forms fly with differences in size, ground colour and degree of variation in orange/ yellow ground colour.
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Butterfly Melitaea didyma
Melitaea didyma is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae
It is found in Romania, the Balkan Peninsula, Turkey and the Near East,
central Europe from north Africa to Poland and Greece.
The wingspan is 35-50 mm. The butterfly flies from April to September depending on the location. The males are usually of a very rich red that is easily seen from a distance and differentiated from the other Fritillaries. From north Spain to Greece the subspecies meridionalis flies. This has very dusky females. Elsewhere other named forms fly with differences in size, ground colour and degree of variation in orange/ yellow ground colour.
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This image is not to be used, copied or edited without my written permission.
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