Heath fritillary

Heath fritillary
Both M. a. lachares, Estonia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Mellicta
Species:	M. athalia
Binomial name
Mellicta athalia (Rottemburg, 1775)
Synonyms
List Melitaea alba Rehfous, 1905 Melitaea aquilari Querci, 1932 Melitaea athalia subsp. aphaea (Hübner, 1816) Melitaea athalia subsp. pyronia (Hübner, 1804) Melitaea athalia von Rottemburg, 1775 Melitaea bifasciata Reverdin, 1914 Melitaea cinnamomea Vorbrodt & Müller-Rutz, 1917 Melitaea cinxiodictynnoides Stauder, 1922 Melitaea commacula Caruel, 1944 Melitaea conica Matsumura, 1929 Melitaea csikii Aigner-Abafi, 1906 Melitaea demarginata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea dictynnaesimilis Verity, 1930 Melitaea fallax Hormuzaki, 1925 Melitaea flavescens Matsumura, 1929 Melitaea flavoelongata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea fulla Quensel, 1791 Melitaea funesta Stauder, 1922 Melitaea indigna Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea latonigena Spuler, 1901 Melitaea leucophana Cabeau, 1912 Melitaea ligata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea melanina Herrich-Schäffer Melitaea mirabilis Fernández, 1929 Melitaea mirefasciata Cabeau, 1923 Melitaea molpadia Varin, 1933 Melitaea navarina de Selys-Longchamps, 1837 Melitaea nigrathalia Johnstone, 1944 Melitaea nigrobella Rocci, 1942 Melitaea nigropunctata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea norvegica Aurivillius, 1888 Melitaea obsoleta Tutt, 1896 Melitaea phyciodina Hormuzaki, 1934 Melitaea poedotrophos Bergstrasser, 1780 Melitaea postdivergens Rocci, 1930 Melitaea postfuscofasciata Goodson, 1960 Melitaea progressiva Ksenzhopol'sky, 1911 Melitaea pseudodelminia Verity, 1940 Melitaea radiata Eisner, 1942 Melitaea retyezatica Diószeghy, 1930 Melitaea sohana Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea spadana Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea submaxima Verity, 1924 Melitaea subtusnigrescens Caruel, 1944 Melitaea tectensis Cabeau, 1922 Melitaea tessellata Stephens, 1827 Melitaea transitoria Eisner, 1942 Melitaea tricolor Hormuzaki, 1897 Melitaea unifasciata Caruel, 1944 Melitaea virgata Tutt, 1896 Mellicta aphaea Hübner Mellicta athalia subsp. athalia Mellicta athalia subsp. norvegica (Aurivillius, 1888) Mellicta corythallia Hübner, 1790 Mellicta dorfmeisteri Hellweger, 1911 Mellicta hertha Quensel, 1791 Mellicta neglecta Pfau, 1962 Mellicta nigriornea Lempke, 1955 Mellicta nigromarginata Lempke, 1955 Mellicta reticulata Higgins, 1955 Mellicta samonica Riesen, 1891 Papilio athalia Rottemburg, 1775 Papilio eos Haworth, 1803 Papilio leucippe Schneider, 1789 Papilio pyronia Hübner, 1804

The heath fritillary (Mellicta athalia) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "woodman's follower" in parts of the UK.^[1] It is considered a threatened species in the UK and Germany, but not Europe-wide or globally.