Melitaea

genus of insects
Taxon taxon Q1745802
Melitaea
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Melitaea

Summary

Melitaea is a taxon[1]. Melitaea ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Melitaea's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Melitaea is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Melitaea is classified within Melitaeina[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Melitaea is Melitaea[6].
  • Melitaea's Commons category is recorded as Melitaea[7].
  • Melitaea's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Melitaea[8].
  • Melitaea's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
  • Melitaea's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[10].
  • Melitaea's taxon synonym is recorded as Mellicta[11].
  • Melitaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'przeplatka'}[12].

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Classification

Melitaea's scientific name is Melitaea[6]. Melitaea is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Melitaea belongs to the parent taxon Melitaeina[5]. Melitaea is commonly known as {'lang': 'pl', 'text': 'przeplatka'}[12].

Identifiers

Melitaea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 57496[13]. Melitaea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 104514[14]. Melitaea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 18660[15]. Melitaea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 9042695[16]. Melitaea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 1090144[17].

Why It Matters

Melitaea ranks in the top 0.83% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (26 views/month, #1,623 of 195,241).[2] Melitaea has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] Melitaea is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Review of the fritillary species systematically close to Melitaea lutko Evans, 1932 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) with analysis of their geographic distribution and interrelations with host plants. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [16] . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] . Motyle i ćmy. wikidata.org.
  15. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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