Melitaea parthenoides

Melitaea parthenoides
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Melitaea
Species:
M. parthenoides
Binomial name
Melitaea parthenoides
C. Keferstein, 1851
Synonyms
  • Melitaea athalia var. parthenoides Keferstein, 1851
  • Mellicta parthenoides (Keferstein, 1851)

Melitaea parthenoides, the meadow fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Note that the common name meadow fritillary is also used for the North American species Boloria bellona.