Boloria
Encyclopedia
Boloria is a brush-footed butterfly
(Nymphalidae
) genus
. Clossiana is usually included with it nowadays, though some authors still consider it distinct and it seems to warrant recognition as a subgenus
at least.
genus in 1973 under the same name. Since each code of biological nomenclature allows only for one genus with the same name, the brachiopod genus is in need of renaming. See Boloria (brachiopod).
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
(Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
) genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
. Clossiana is usually included with it nowadays, though some authors still consider it distinct and it seems to warrant recognition as a subgenus
Subgenus
In biology, a subgenus is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.In zoology, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the generic name and the specific epithet: e.g. the Tiger Cowry of the Indo-Pacific, Cypraea tigris Linnaeus, which...
at least.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Boloria acrocnema Gall & Sperling, 1980 – Uncompahgre FritillaryUncompahgre FritillaryThe Uncompahgre Fritillary is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to the United States. It is the last butterfly to be discovered in North America and was found by one Stanford University student and one University of Alberta student working out of the Rocky Mountain...
- Boloria alaskensis (Holland, 1900) – Mountain Fritillary
- Boloria aquilonarisBoloria aquilonaris-Ecology:The Cranberry Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Northern and Central Europe.The wingspan is 34-40 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location....
(Stichel, 1908) – Cranberry FritillaryBoloria aquilonaris-Ecology:The Cranberry Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Northern and Central Europe.The wingspan is 34-40 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location.... - Boloria albertaBoloria albertaThe Alberta Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta and in northern Montana.The wingspan is 35–45 mm...
(W.H. Edwards, 1890) – Alberta Fritillary - Boloria astarteBoloria astarteThe Astarte Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from northwestern North America to northeastern Siberia. It is found as far south as Montana and Washington....
(Doubleday, [1847]) – Astarte Fritillary - Boloria bellonaBoloria bellonaThe Meadow Fritillary, , is a North American butterfly in the brushfoot family, Nymphalidae. The common name, Meadow Fritillary, is also used for a European butterfly species, Melitaea parthenoides.-Description:...
(Fabricius, 1775) – Meadow FritillaryMeadow FritillaryMeadow Fritillary is a common name given for two butterfly species:* In Europe, the name is used for Melitaea parthenoides* In North America, the name is used for Boloria bellona... - Boloria caucasica (Lederer, 1852)
- Boloria charicleaBoloria charicleaThe Arctic Fritillary or Purplish Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm...
(Schneider, 17) – Arctic FritillaryBoloria charicleaThe Arctic Fritillary or Purplish Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the northern part of the Palearctic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.The length of the forewings is 16–18 mm...
or Purplish Fritillary - Boloria diaBoloria diaThe Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Europe, over the Caucasus up to Mongolia.The length of the forewings is 16-17 mm.The larvae probably feed on Viola species....
(Linnaeus, 1767) – Weaver's FritillaryBoloria diaThe Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Europe, over the Caucasus up to Mongolia.The length of the forewings is 16-17 mm.The larvae probably feed on Viola species....
, Violet FritillaryBoloria diaThe Weaver's Fritillary or Violet Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Europe, over the Caucasus up to Mongolia.The length of the forewings is 16-17 mm.The larvae probably feed on Viola species.... - Boloria epithoreBoloria epithoreThe Pacific Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in western North America from California to British Columbia and Alberta.The wingspan is 34–44 mm. The butterfly flies from June to July....
(Edwards, [1864]) – Pacific Fritillary - Boloria eunomiaBoloria eunomiaThe Bog Fritillary or Ocellate Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.-Description:The wings are orange-brown with dark markings. The color of the hindwings are orangish-brown with a tan postmedian band followed by a row of round silver spots. The length of the forewings is...
(Esper, [1800]) – Bog FritillaryBoloria eunomiaThe Bog Fritillary or Ocellate Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.-Description:The wings are orange-brown with dark markings. The color of the hindwings are orangish-brown with a tan postmedian band followed by a row of round silver spots. The length of the forewings is...
, Ocellate Bog FritillaryBoloria eunomiaThe Bog Fritillary or Ocellate Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.-Description:The wings are orange-brown with dark markings. The color of the hindwings are orangish-brown with a tan postmedian band followed by a row of round silver spots. The length of the forewings is... - Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758) – Pearl-bordered FritillaryPearl-bordered FritillaryThe Pearl-bordered Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.It is orange with black spots on the upperside of its wing and has a wingspan of 38–46 mm. On the underside of the wings there is a row of silver pearly markings along the edge, which give the species its name...
- Boloria freijaBoloria freijaThe Freija Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra...
(Thunberg, 1791) – Freya's FritillaryBoloria freijaThe Freija Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra...
, Freija Fritillary, or Zigzag FritillaryBoloria freijaThe Freija Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra... - Boloria friggaBoloria friggaThe Frigga Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, very locally in more southern locations, as well as in the Urals, Siberia, Northern Mongolia, the Russian Far East, western parts...
(Thunberg, 1791) – Frigga FritillaryBoloria friggaThe Frigga Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, very locally in more southern locations, as well as in the Urals, Siberia, Northern Mongolia, the Russian Far East, western parts...
, Willow Bog FritillaryBoloria friggaThe Frigga Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, very locally in more southern locations, as well as in the Urals, Siberia, Northern Mongolia, the Russian Far East, western parts... - Boloria frigidalis Warren, 1944
- Boloria improbaBoloria improbaThe Dingy Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. In Europe it is only found in small parts of Scandinavia, more specifically the border region between Norway, Sweden and Finland...
(Butler, 1877) – Dingy Fritillary - Boloria graeca (Staudinger, 1870) – Balkan FritillaryBalkan FritillaryThe 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.-External links:**...
- Boloria jerdoniBoloria jerdoniBoloria jerdoni is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is commonly known as the Jerdon's silverspot. It is found in the western Himalayas and from Chitral to Kashmir....
(Lang, 1868) – Jerdon's SilverspotBoloria jerdoniBoloria jerdoni is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is commonly known as the Jerdon's silverspot. It is found in the western Himalayas and from Chitral to Kashmir.... - Boloria kriemhild (Butler, 1877) – Relict Fritillary
- Boloria napaeaBoloria napaeaThe Mountain Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. In Europe the species is found in the Alps, mountainous areas in northern Scandinavia and very local in the eastern parts of the Pyrenees. In North America it is found in Alaska, North-Western Canada and in small populations in the...
(Hoffmannsegg, 1804) – Napaea Fritillary or Mountain Fritillary - Boloria natazhatiBoloria natazhatiThe Beringian Fritillary, Cryptic Fritillary or Pleistocene Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from northwestern Canada as far south as northern British Columbia....
(Gibson, 1920) – Cryptic Fritillary or Beringian Fritillary - Boloria neopales (Nakahara, 1926)
- Boloria palesBoloria palesShepherd's Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees through the Alps and Apennine Mountains east to the Balkan, Carpathian Mountains, the Caucasus and central Asia up to western China.The wingspan is 25-30 mm. Adults are on...
(Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – Shepherd's FritillaryBoloria palesShepherd's Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees through the Alps and Apennine Mountains east to the Balkan, Carpathian Mountains, the Caucasus and central Asia up to western China.The wingspan is 25-30 mm. Adults are on... - Boloria polarisBoloria polarisThe Polaris Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Northernmost Scandinavia, North America and in Greenland. It is also found in North Eastern Russia. It is one of only six butterfly species found on the Canadian Ellesmere Island.The wingspan is 32-38 mm...
(Boisduval, [1828]) – Polaris Fritillary - Boloria purpurea Churkin, 1999
- Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary or Silver-bordered Fritillary
- Boloria sipora (Moore, [1875])
- Boloria titaniaBoloria titaniaThe Titania's Fritillary or Purple Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone....
(Esper, 1793) – Titania's FritillaryBoloria titaniaThe Titania's Fritillary or Purple Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone....
, Purple Bog FritillaryBoloria titaniaThe Titania's Fritillary or Purple Bog Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Palearctic ecozone.... - Boloria thoreBoloria thoreThor's Fritillary is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in damp places in the Alps, Fennoscandia, the south of European Russia, the Urals, Siberia and East Asia....
(Hübner, [1803]) – Thor's Fritillary
Brachiopod
Grunt described a brachiopodBrachiopod
Brachiopods are a phylum of marine animals that have hard "valves" on the upper and lower surfaces, unlike the left and right arrangement in bivalve molluscs. Brachiopod valves are hinged at the rear end, while the front can be opened for feeding or closed for protection...
genus in 1973 under the same name. Since each code of biological nomenclature allows only for one genus with the same name, the brachiopod genus is in need of renaming. See Boloria (brachiopod).