Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Marbled White)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelanargia galathea (Marbled White)
GenusMelanargia (marbled white butterflies)
TribeMelanargiini (marbled white butterflies)
SubfamilySATYRINAE (brown 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)
Records of Melanargia galathea (Marbled White) :
1: Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
30 Jun 2015 OSGR: SU01 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
visiting Greater Knapweed
Image 1: Adult - visiting Greater Knapweed
2: Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
16 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU58 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
On Yarrow head, settled down for the night
Image 1: Settled down for the night, on Yarrow head - close-up
3: Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
17 Jul 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, settled on Yarrow
Image 1: Male - underside - wings together
4: Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
17 Jul 1977 OSGR: SU73 51° 0’ N, 0° 60’ W Vice County: North Hants (VC 12) England
Male, visiting Pyramidal Orchid
Image 1: Male - underside - wings together
5: Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
27 Jul 1972 OSGR: SE86 54° 0’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: South-east Yorks (VC 61) England
Female
Image 1: Female - upperside - close-upImage 2: Female - upperside - wings openImage 3: Female - underside - wings closed

Melanargia galathea (Marbled White) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melanargia galathea (Marbled White)

A characteristic species of unimproved grassland. It is still quite common from Yorkshire southwards, although less so in Wales and the east midlands, and in East Anglia.

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