Melitaea Fabricius, 1807
(heath fritillary butterflies)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
images		 No of
ID refs
Melitaea athalia
Heath Fritillary
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 		Species 6 images 3 ident. refs
Melitaea cinxia
Glanville Fritillary
Species 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
GenusMelitaea (heath fritillary butterflies)
TribeMelitaeini (heath and marsh fritillary butterflies)
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies)
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