Species account

Skakbrætrandøje (Malanargia galathea)    
   Takvinger (Nymphalidae)    MAWH    24892
Marbled White (gb)   Medioluto Norteña (es)   Schackbräde (se)      Synonyms: Galathea (dk)
Measurements:
WS: 43-50mm
Generations:
1
Flight period:
JFMAMJJASOND 
DK
Identification:
Similar species:
Life stages:
Distribution:
NW Africa, Europe, Turkey and Transcaucasus.
Habitat:
Behavior:
Male not territorial.
Status:
Very rare visitor to Denmark. But spreading northward, now breeding in Northern Germany and Poland, making it likely that it will be more frequent in the future
Host plants:
Grasses.
Feeding plants:
Centaurea, scabiosa, cirsium and carduus spp.
Comment: