Melitaea athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
(Heath Fritillary)

Interactions where Melitaea athalia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe nemea/Phryxe nemeaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Melitaea athalia/Melitaea athaliaheath fritillarylarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritillary) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritillary) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesMelitaea athalia (Heath 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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritillary)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Bush, R. 2004 Heath Fritillary Vol 15, No. 3 Page: 204
Revels, R./Bush, R. 2006 Heath Fritillary and caterpillar Vol 17 (6) Page: 400
Wharton, T. 2003 Heath Fritillary (underside) Vol 15, No 2 Page: 126

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritillary):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Melitaea athalia (Heath Fritillary)
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