Melitaea cinxia (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Glanville Fritillary)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelitaea cinxia (Glanville Fritillary)
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)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Bourn, N., Thomas, J., Stewart, K. & Clarke, R. 2002 Importance of habitat quality and isolation British Wildlife Vol 13, No 6: 398-403.
Revels, R. 2007 Glanville Fritillary Vol 18, No 6 Page: 434

Melitaea cinxia (Glanville Fritillary) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melitaea cinxia (Glanville Fritillary)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Melitaea cinxia (Glanville Fritillary)
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