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Nymphalis xanthomelas (Scarce Tortoiseshell)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Nymphalis xanthomelas, the scarce tortoiseshell, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in eastern Europe and Asia. This butterfly is also referred as yellow-legged tortoisehell or large tortoiseshell (however, in Europe, "large tortoiseshell" is usually reserved for Nymphalis polychloros).
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Infraspecies

Nymphalis xanthomelas anna
Nymphalis xanthomelas chosenessa
Nymphalis xanthomelas fervescens
Nymphalis xanthomelas formosana
Nymphalis xanthomelas japonica
Nymphalis xanthomelas sachalinensis
Nymphalis xanthomelas xanthomelas

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Atanasovsko ezero 17814 Bulgaria  
Burgasko ezero 7641 Bulgaria  
Dolina Letowni 2805 Poland  
Rila 200269 Bulgaria  
Torfowiska Chelmskie 5249 Poland  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Polygonia c-album (Comma Butterfly)1
Tetrastes bonasia (Hazel Grouse)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0