Melitaea Fabricius, 1807
(heath fritillary butterflies)

Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
Melitaea athalia
Heath Fritillary
Species 1 trophisms 3 references
Melitaea cinxia
Glanville Fritillary
Species 2 references
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)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies)

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

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 6 images of Melitaea (heath fritillary butterflies)
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