Niobe Fritillary
Mean Fritillary ( Argynnis niobe )
The Middle Fritillary ( Argynnis niobe ) is a butterfly ( butterfly ) of the family Nymphalidae ( Nymphalidae ).
- 3.1 Germany
- 6.1 Notes and references
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of 45 to 50 millimeters. The wing tops are orange with black spots and transverse bands and a dark edge of wing. The wing undersides are light orange to light yellow colored with small mother of pearl spots in the Basalhälfte. The caterpillar has a dark base color with small white spots and white spines with rotorangener root.
The shape of A. niobe f eris has no silver spots on the underside of the hind wings, and usually occurs at higher altitudes and fly there sometimes exclusively. The intermediate form is referred to as f intermedia. The darkened shape of the females f obscura occurs not infrequently.
Egg, caterpillar, pupa
The reddish-yellow egg has 16 longitudinal ribs. The brown caterpillar has a white, black-rimmed spinal stripe, dark side stripes and white spots on the side. She wears red white thorns. The head is yellow rust. The brownish doll has small metallic spikes on the back.
Similar Species
- Imperial mantle, Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Fiery fritillary, Argynnis adippe ( Denis & Schiffer Müller, 1775)
- Big fritillary, Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
Occurrence
The species occurs throughout Europe prior to the 62nd degree. You lack in southern Spain, the UK and Ireland. About Asia Minor, the Middle East and other parts of Asia, it occurs to the Amur. She lives on forest edges, clearings and forest near- poor grassland.
Germany
In Germany, the way a sharp decline in development and only comes like an island before. In Baden- Württemberg it comes in the Black Forest, in the Swabian Alb in two places at the northern edge of the Middle Kuppenalb and a south. From the Allgäu localities to Isny and Tettnang are known. Chance of moths could be found in the early 20th century, the emperor chair.
Way of life
The type brings in Central Europe annually produce a generation that flies from late June to early September. The small caterpillars overwinter fully developed within the egg shell and feed on various violets.
Endangering
The Red Data Book of European Butterflies ( Rhopalocera ) of 1999 gives the population in Europe to be stable. In Germany the species is classified as endangered ( 2), as in Bavaria in the Alps and the Alpine foothills.