Melitaea cinxia
species of insect
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Summary
Melitaea cinxia is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.82% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month, #1,592 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: species[3]
- Parent taxon: Melitaea[4]
- Taxon name: Melitaea cinxia[5]
- Commons category: Melitaea cinxia[6]
- Topic's main category: Category:Melitaea cinxia[7]
- Commons gallery: Melitaea cinxia[8]
- Short name: M. cinxia[9]
- Taxon common name: britheg Glanville[10], veldparelmoervlinder[11], hnědásek kostkovaný[12], mélitée du plantain[13], glanville fritellary[14], Gemeiner Scheckenfalter[15], täpläverkkoperhonen[16], prikkrutevinge[17], przeplatka cinksia[18], Wegerich-Scheckenfalter[19], pikasti pisanček[20]
- Has host: Plantago lanceolata[21], Plantago[22], Centaurea jacea[23], Hieracium[24], Veronica[25], Achillea[26], Plantago maritima[27], Plantago major[28], Hieracium pilosella[29], Veronica spicata[30], Plantago media[31]
- Status in the Red List of Threatened Species in the Czech Republic: vulnerable[32]
- Taxon author citation: Linnaeus, 1758[33]
- Sequenced genome URL: https://metazoa.ensembl.org/Melitaea_cinxia[34]
- Regional conservation status: Near Threatened[35]
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Identifiers
Melitaea cinxia's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57495[36]. Melitaea cinxia's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 113334[37]. Melitaea cinxia's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 153774[38]. Melitaea cinxia's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 8168644[39].
Why It Matters
Melitaea cinxia has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] It is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]