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Glanville Fritillary
Melitaea cinxia
Checklist Number59.034 [B&F: 1612]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Nymphalinae |
| Genus: | Melitaea |
| Species: | cinxia |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
An endangered Red Data Book species, on undercliffs and rough coastal grassland; 50-100 m (0-2000 m in Europe), in Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight; southern Scandinavia and mainland Europe. In Hampshire has been lost from the old site at Hordle Cliff, but now established at Hurst Castle; still reasonably widespread on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 41-47 mm. Larva feeds on Ribwort Plantain.