Heath Fritillary

Hmm, Austria seems to be dangerous, I am going to Vienna in June, so I might take some precautions...

OK, ;-)... Wednesday, I am going to freezeing Helsinki...

Hmm, shall I say yes or no? I am really not sure... http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Melitaea_Athalia http://www.nagypal.net/norge/athalia.htm http://www.pbase.com/botb/image/136688404 http://www.pbase.com/bernte/image/83271213 http://www.pbase.com/bernte/image/110395965 I would slightly tend to yes: http://www.pbase.com/bernte/image/110395965 http://www.pbase.com/bister/image/62482110 http://www.pbase.com/bister/image/62813081 What do you think...??

Do not bother about your reference book. Most important name is Athalia! The species name would never be changed (OK, there might be some exceptions...), although the taxonomists have changed the name of the genus. Sometimes it is also difficult to decide which name is now the actual taxon. In your case I think the new name is Melitaea and the older name is Mellicta. Looking for some references you will probably find both names, depending on the source and age of reference/book/website. Here is a link with Melitaea and Mellicta mentioned as synonym: http://www.leps.it/indexjs.htm?SpeciesPages/MellicAthal.htm

Mellicta is the older name for Melitaea (according to faunaorg).

At first sight I would have said Melitaea athalia, but I do not have the time anymore for a second sight... And I don't think it is Britomartis.