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title: "Knapweed Fritillary"
description: "Melitaea phoebe — Insetti e ragni. Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/knapweed-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Knapweed Fritillary

> Melitaea phoebe — Insetti e ragni. Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Melitaea phoebe*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 13377
- Wikidata: [Q1214696](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1214696)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68354](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68354)

## Names

- en: Knapweed Fritillary
- de: Flockenblumen-Scheckenfalter
- es: Doncella Mayor
- fr: Mélitée des centaurées
- nl: Knoopkruidparelmoervlinder
- pl: Przeplatka febe

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2592), IT (2534), ES (1487), RU (1177), PT (386), UA (305), CH (238), HU (238), AT (187), BG (127), RO (127), DE (122)

## Summary

Melitaea phoebe, also known as the knapweed fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Palearctic realm, including most of Europe and North Africa, excluding the United Kingdom and Scandinavia. Previously, it also included Melitaea telona, which was recently revalidated as a distinct cryptic species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melitaea_phoebe

## Photo

![Knapweed Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/knapweed-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Liubov Ilminska · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117274885

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/knapweed-fritillary?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).