---
title: "Southern Heath Fritillary"
description: "Melitaea celadussa — Insetti e ragni. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/southern-heath-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Heath Fritillary

> Melitaea celadussa — Insetti e ragni. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Melitaea celadussa*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 8209
- iNaturalist taxon: [359097](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/359097)

## Names

- en: Southern Heath Fritillary
- de: Südwestlicher Wachtelweizen-Scheckenfalter
- es: Doncella Meridional
- fr: Mélitée de Fruhstorfer

## Countries with the most observations

IT (1505), FR (833), CH (191), PT (123), ES (95), AD (3)

## Photo

![Southern Heath Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-heath-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Teresa Prandi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/131709717

## Machine access

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