Basic information
Introduction
Melitaea cinxia, also known as Glanville fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is named for 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. East they are found across the Palearctic (in Turkey, Russia, northern Kazakhstan and Mongolia).
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Sex chromosome system: ZW
