Nymphalidae : Nymphalinae
Knapweed Fritillary
MELITAEA phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller,] 1775)
Knapweed Fritillary
MELITAEA phoebe ([Denis & Schiffermüller,] 1775)
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Larval Food Plants Worldwide
Note - Plants hyperlinked in red below take the visitor to the relevant plant page on"Plants for a Future" website where further information like photos,physical characteristics,habitats,edible uses,medicinal uses,cultivation,propagation,range,height etc. are clearly listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
Plant Families - in bold red below takes the visitor to the relevant "Lepi-plants" page where other butterflies & moths using the plants below are listed.
- Asteraceae - Compositae - Aster-Daisy - Sunflower Family
- Arctium lappa - Greater Burdock - Gobo
- Centaurea collina - No Common Name
- Centaurea columbaria - Small Scabious
- Centaurea graeca - Greek Scabious
- Centaurea jacea - Brown Knapweed
- Centaurea montana - Great blue-bottle
- Centaurea nigra - Common Knapweed
- Centaura scabiosa - Greater Knapweed
- Rhaponticum acaule - No Common Name
- Dipsacaceae - Teasel Family
- Scabiosa pannonicum - Hungarian Thistle
- Plantaginaceae - Plantain Family
- Plantago afra - No Common Name
- Plantago alpina - Alpine Plantain
- Plantago argentea - Silver Plantain
- Plantago bellardii - No Common Name
- Plantago lanceolata - Ribwort Plantain - English Plantain
- Plantago major - Common Plantain
- Plantago media - Hoary Plantain
- Plantago sabulata - No Common Name
- Plantago sempervirens - No Common Name