Nymphalidae Satyrinae Melanargiini Melanargia lucasi Melanargia pherusa
Melanargia occitanica (Esper, [1793])
Western Marbled White

Genus: Melanargia Meigen, 1828   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Agapetes Billberg, 1820
   Arge Hübner, 1818
  Synonims (species):
   psyche Hübner, [1800]

M. occitanica (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Hérault, Mourèze, Octon-Salasc, 100-200m, France, June 2, 1998
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
M. occitanica (© Rafael Estevez Rodríguez)
Adult (male), Montes Torozos (Valladolid), Spain, May 2005
(Photo by Rafael Estevez Rodríguez, fotonatura.org)
M. occitanica (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Les Mees, France, May 18, 2001
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
M. occitanica (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Castellón, Valenciana, Navajas, Spain, May 12, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
M. occitanica (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Castellón, Valenciana, Navajas, Spain, May 12, 2004
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
M. occitanica (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult (female) ssp. moghrebiana Varin, 1951, Aguelmame Sidi-Ali, Moyen Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)

Foodplants:
Gramineae

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