Melanargia galathea

Description

Melanargia galathea, the marbled white, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The marbled white was called "Our Half-mourner" by James Petiver (1717), "The Marmoris" by Benjamin Wilkes and "The Marmoress" by Moses Harris. Despite its common name and appearance, this butterfly is one of the "browns", of the subfamily Satyrinae.