In the search for minerals, this butterfly was liking the sweat of my feet!Phylum: Arthropoda (arthropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: Hexapoda BLAINVILLE, 1816Class: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: Pterygota (Fluginsekten)Infraclass: Neoptera MARTYNOV, 1923Order: Lepidoptera LINNAEUS, 1758 (butterflies & moths, Schmetterlinge)Suborder: GlossataInfraorder: HeteroneuraSuperfamily: PapilionoideaFamily: Nymphalidae RAFINESQUE, 1815 (brushfooted butterflies, Edelfalter)Subfamily: Nymphalinae RAFINESQUE, 1815 Tribus: Melitaeini (Scheckenfalter)Subtribus: Melitaeina NEWMAN, 1870Genus:
Melitaea FABRICIUS, 1807possibly
Melitaea diamina LANG, 1789 (False Heath Fritillary, Baldrian-Scheckenfalter)[det Fozzy, 2012, based on photos]more info:
www.pyrgus.de/Melitaea_diamina.htmlNE-Slovakia, Slovak Paradise (Slovak: Slovensk raj) National Park, vic Cingov, ca. 600m asl., 24.06.2012IMG_1182