Melanargia galathea

Marbled white
Male, upperside Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire, England
female, upperside
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Melanargia
Species:	M. galathea
Binomial name
Melanargia galathea (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Papilio galathea Linnaeus, 1758 Melanargia albibasa Lempke 1957 Melanargia annae Kesseler 1945 Melanargia brunneocosta Lempke 1957 Melanargia brunissime Perrier 1935 Melanargia caeca Lempke 1957 Melanargia carolina Weber 1964 Melanargia caronae Gallay 1947 Melanargia craskei Tubbs 1978 Melanargia dissiuncta Gussitsch 1917 Melanargia emma Rocci 1930 Agapetes essonsakaria Verity, 1953 Melanargia grisescens Varin 1948 Melanargia hades Reiss 1961 Melanargia laetepicta Stauder 1922 Melanargia lepigrei Betz 1948 Agapetes leucogonia Collier, 1952 Agapetes macronereus Verity, 1957 Agapetes macrosciritis Verity, 1953 Melanargia magnifica Stauder 1913 Agapetes microsciritis Verity, 1953 Satyrus nereine Verity, 1935 Melanargia nigrescens Varin 1948 Satyrus nigrionereus Verity, 1935 Melanargia pedemontii Rocci 1930 Agapetes pedenereus Verity, 1953 Agapetes pedenereine Verity, 1953 Melanargia planorum Rocci 1930 Melanargia pura Niepelt 1914 Melanargia quadriocellata Pionneau 1937 Melanargia sibillyna Rocci 1930 Melanargia sylvia Rocci 1930 Agapetes tenebrogigas Verity, 1938 Agapetes tenebronana Verity, 1938 Melanargia valentini Williams 1951 Melanargia vitrimontis Kesseler 1945

Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a medium-sized butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[1] Despite its common name and appearance, this butterfly is one of the "browns", of the subfamily Satyrinae.

This species can be found across most of Europe, southern Russia, Asia Minor and Iran. It is found in forest clearings and edges, meadows and steppe where it occurs up to 1,500–1,700 metres (4,900–5,600 ft) above sea level. The caterpillars feed on various grasses.