Balkan fritillary - Wikipedia

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Balkan fritillary


both at Yastrebets, Rila Mountains, Bulgaria
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Boloria
Species:	B. graeca
Binomial name
*Boloria graeca* (Staudinger, 1870)
Synonyms
Boloria (Boloria) graeca

The Balkan fritillary (Boloria graeca), is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

It is found in the Alps and the Balkans. The larva feeds on Viola species.

The orange upperside has a brown basal suffusion adorned with various marks of brown color, submarginal round spots and lines forming festoons. The hindwing forms an angle at its anterior edge. The underside of the forewings is identical, that of the hindwings presents silver designs, a line of small circles and greenish marbling in the female

mounted specimen, dorsal side, France
mounted specimen, ventral side, France

External links

Media related to Boloria graeca at Wikimedia Commons
Leps It
Butterflies of Bulgaria

Taxon identifiers
Boloria graeca	Wikidata: Q3334778 BioLib: 51574 BOLD: 404714 CoL: 5WNV5 EoL: 156682 EUNIS: 91026 Fauna Europaea: 441730 Fauna Europaea (new): f9796336-bb25-4cbd-8195-293ea2bda065 GBIF: 1912395 iNaturalist: 470755 IRMNG: 10682807 LepIndex: 154000 MaBENA: BolorGraec NCBI: 977897 Observation.org: 81027 Open Tree of Life: 1085537
Argynnis graeca	Wikidata: Q87425835 GBIF: 9027892