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Melanargia galathea
Marbled White
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 0817 1000 (2017-08-06)Copyright © 2017 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo Jul 20, 2017
latitude 46.36042 longitude 13.70244
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location
Lower Trenta valley, right bank of river Soča; between villages Soča and Trenta; near Trenta 2b cottage, East Julian Alps (Posočje, Slovenia)family
Nymphalidae
order
Lepidoptera
class Insecta
notes Slo.: travniški lisar - syn.: Melanargia turcica Bois., Melanargia procida Herbst - Habitat: mountain pasture; slightly inclined terrain, southeast aspect; colluvial, calcareous ground; full sun, dry place; elevation 605 m (2.000 feet); average precipitations ~ 3.000 mm/year, average temperature 7-9 deg C, alpine phytogeographical region. Substratum: soil. Comment: Melanargia galathea is beautiful, quite large (4 - 5 cm across) and very common butterfly in Trenta Valley. In good years hundreds of them can appear in July. Eggs are laid on grass stems. The larvae feed on various grasses. They immediately enter hibernation, survive the winter and only feed the following spring on fresh grasses. Caterpillars are green with a darker green line along the body. The black butterfly with red patches on wings is probably also quite common six-spot burnet Zygaena filipendulae (Figs. 13, 15 and 16). Ref.: (1) http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Melanargia_Galathea (access 6.8.2017) (2) http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/Britain%20-%20Melanargia%20galathea.htm (access 6.8.2017) (3) H. Garms, L. Borm, Fauna Europas, Georg Westermann Verlag 1977, (translated to Slovenian - Mladinska knjiga, 1981), p 400.camera Sony ILCE 6000 / Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar E 16-70 mm/f4
contributor's ID # Bot_1075/2017¬_DSC02554 photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Insect
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