Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇫🇷 Demi-Deuil, Échiquier, Échiquier commun, Arge galathée

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Subtribe: Melanargiina
Genus: Melanargia
Species: Melanargia galathea

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/melanargia-galathea.webp — Melanargia galathea ♀ sitting on a flower of Scabiosa atropurpurea

img/melanargia-galathea-4.webp — Melanargia galathea ♀ sitting on a flower of Trifolium arvense

img/melanargia-galathea-2.webp — Melanargia galathea ♂ foraging on a flower of Centaurea jacea

img/melanargia-galathea-3.webp — Melanargia galathea ♂ foraging on a flower of Centaurea jacea

img/melanargia-galathea-5.webp — Melanargia galathea ♂ sitting on a flower of Trifolium arvense

img/melanargia-galathea-6.webp — Melanargia galathea ♂ foraging on a flower of Scabiosa atropurpurea

Videos

Melanargia galathea ♂ foraging on a flower of Centaurea jacea

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Melanargia galathea (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/160678/5375940