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title: "Veldparelmoervlinder"
description: "Melitaea cinxia — Insecten en spinnen. The Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/glanville-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Veldparelmoervlinder

> Melitaea cinxia — Insecten en spinnen. The Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Melitaea cinxia*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Weiden en velden)
- iNaturalist observations: 16243
- Wikidata: [Q938020](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938020)
- iNaturalist taxon: [57495](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/57495)

## Names

- en: Glanville Fritillary
- de: Wegerich-Scheckenfalter
- es: Doncella Punteada
- fr: Mélitée du plantain
- nl: Veldparelmoervlinder
- pl: Przeplatka cinksia

## Countries with the most observations

FR (5176), DK (1978), IT (982), DE (855), ES (748), RU (707), GR (369), BG (304), HR (284), TR (283), UA (258), SE (231)

## Summary

The Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is named for Eleanor Glanville, the naturalist who discovered it, and the checkerboard pattern on its wings. These butterflies live in almost all of Europe, especially Finland, and in parts of northwest Africa. They are absent from the far north of Europe and parts of the Iberian Peninsula. To the east they are found across the Palearctic (in Turkey, Russia, northern Kazakhstan, and Mongolia). 
It has been discovered that this butterfly only mates one time in June or July and lays its eggs. It does not provide any protection to…

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

## Photo

![Veldparelmoervlinder](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glanville-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Brian Howitz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/207888736

## Machine access

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