Eastern Knapweed Fritillary (Melitaea ornata)
| Family | Nymphalidae |
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| Subfamily | Nymphalinae |
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| Genus | Melitaea |
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| Species | ornata |
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| Authority | Christoph, 1893 |
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| English Name | Eastern Knapweed Fritillary |
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| European Red List 2010 | Data Deficient (DD) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Data Deficient (DD) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
To be completed.
Distribution
Albania / Bulgaria / Croatia / France (Possibly Present) / France: Mainland (Possibly Present) / Greece / Greece: Mainland / Greece: East Aegean Islands / Hungary / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Italy: Sicily / North Macedonia / Montenegro / Romania / European Russia / Serbia / Serbia: Serbia / Serbia: Kosovo / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Spain: Mainland / European Türkiye / Ukraine (Possibly Present) /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Carduus | collinus | | |
| 2 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Carduus | nutans | Musk Thistle | |
| 3 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | | Knapweeds | |
| 4 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | achaia | | |
| 5 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | deusta | | |
| 6 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | nigra | Common Knapweed | |
| 7 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | nigrescens ssp. neapolitana | | |
| 8 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | raphanina | | |
| 9 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | raphanina ssp. mixta | | |
| 10 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | reflexa ssp. sosnowskyi | | |
| 11 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | salonitana | | |
| 12 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Centaurea | urvillei | | |
| 13 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Cirsium | pannonicum | | |
| 14 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Cirsium | vulgare | Spear Thistle | |
| 15 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Jurinea | cretacea | | |
| 16 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Klasea | cardunculus | | |
| 17 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Onopordum | bracteatum | | |
| 18 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Onopordum | illyricum | | |
| 19 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Psephellus | marschallianus | | |
| 20 | Asterales | Asteraceae | Rhaponticoides | ruthenica | | |
