Melitaea diamina

False heath fritillary
Female upperside
Underside
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. diamina
Binomial name
Melitaea diamina
(Lang, 1789)
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio dictynna Esper, 1778
  • Melitaea vernetensis Rondou, 1902
  • Melitaea aduaticana Cabeau, 1903
  • Melitaea seminigra Muschamp, 1905
  • Melitaea progressiva Ksienschopolski, 1911
  • Melitaea subtusocellata Reverdin, 1914
  • Melitaea moffartsi Lambillion, 1919
  • Melitaea semidetrita Hartig, 1924
  • Melitaea perrhoio Reverdin, 1927
  • Melitaea codinai De Sagarra, 1932
  • Melitaea luciferina Agenjo, 1934
  • Melitaea subnavarina Pionneau, 1937
  • Melitaea ligata Caruel, 1944

Melitaea diamina, the false heath fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.