Nymphalidae Melitaeinae Melitaeini Euphydryas debilis Euphydryas iduna
Euphydryas desfontainii (Godart, 1819)
Spanish Fritillary

Genus: Euphydryas Scudder, 1872   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Eurodryas Higgins, 1978
   Hypodryas Higgins, 1978
   Occidryas Higgins, 1978
  Synonims (species):
   baetica Rambur, 1858

E. desfontainii (© Jean Delacre)
Adult ssp. martae Tarrier, 2000, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Jean Delacre, Le 'Bestiaire' de Jean Delacre)
E. desfontainii (© Jean Delacre)
Adults (mating), Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Jean Delacre, Le 'Bestiaire' de Jean Delacre)
E. desfontainii (© Jean Delacre)
Adult ssp. martae Tarrier, 2000, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Jean Delacre, Le 'Bestiaire' de Jean Delacre)
E. desfontainii (© Cor Zonneveld)
Adult, Jaca, Spain, May 1982
(Photo by Cor Zonneveld, Natural History Photographs)

Foodplants:
Dipsacus, Scabiosa, Cephalaria, Knautia

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