List of fritillaries (butterflies)

This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary. The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning dice-box (or, according to some sources, a chequerboard); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation.[1] Most fritillaries belong to the family of Nymphalidae, within which are several genera whose species are nearly all called fritillaries: Argynnis, Boloria, Speyeria (the greater fritillaries), Euphydryas, Melitaea, and Agraulis.

Common nameLatin nameDistributionImage
Adiaste fritillarySpeyeria adiasteNorth America
Aetherie fritillaryMelitaea aetherieAfrica
African leopard fritillaryPhalanta eurytisAfrica
Alberta fritillaryBoloria albertaNorth America
Aphrodite fritillarySpeyeria aphroditeNorth America
Assmann's fritillaryMelitaea britomartisEurope, Asia
Astarte fritillaryBoloria astarteNorth America
Atlantis fritillarySpeyeria atlantisNorth America
Balkan fritillaryBoloria graecaEurope
Baluchi fritillaryMelitaea robertsiAsia
Beringian fritillaryBoloria natazhatiNorth America
Blackvein fritillaryMelitaea arcesiaAsia
Bog fritillaryBoloria eunomiaNorth America
Callippe fritillarySpeyeria callippeNorth America
Caribbean false fritillaryAnetia pantheratusCaribbean
Cranberry fritillaryBoloria aquilonarisEurope
Crescent spot fritillaryAnthanassa texanaNorth America
Cryptic fritillaryBoloria natazhatiNorth America
Dark green fritillaryArgynnis aglajaEurope, Asia
Desert fritillaryMelitaea deserticolaAfrica, Asia
Diana fritillarySpeyeria dianaNorth America
Dingy fritillaryBoloria improbaEurope, North America
Duke of Burgundy fritillaryHamearis lucinaEurope
Edwards' fritillarySpeyeria edwardsiiNorth America
Egleis fritillarySpeyeria egleisNorth America
European meadow fritillaryMelitaea parthenoidesEurope
False fritillaryPseudargynnisAfrica
False heath fritillaryMelitaea diaminaEurope
Forest leopard fritillaryPhalanta eurytisAfrica
Freija fritillaryBoloria freijaEurope, North America
Freyer's fritillaryMelitaea arduinnaEurope, Asia
Frigga fritillaryBoloria friggaEurope/North America/Asia
Glanville fritillaryMelitaea cinxiaEurope/North America/Asia
Great Basin fritillarySpeyeria egleisNorth America
Great spangled fritillarySpeyeria cybeleNorth America
Grisons fritillaryMelitaea variaEurope
Gulf fritillaryAgraulis vanillaeNorth and South America
Heath fritillaryMelitaea athaliaEurope, Asia
High brown fritillaryFabriciana adippeEurope, Asia
Hydaspe fritillarySpeyeria hydaspeNorth America
Indian fritillaryArgynnis hyperbiusAsia
Knapweed fritillaryMelitaea phoebeEurope/Asia/North America
Lesser false fritillaryAnetia briareaCaribbean
Lesser marbled fritillaryBrenthis inoAsia, Europe
Lesser spotted fritillaryMelitaea triviaEurope/Asia/ North America
Little fritillaryMelitaea asteriaEurope
Marbled fritillaryBrenthis daphneEurope, Asia
Marsh fritillaryEuphydryas auriniaEurope, Asia
Meadow fritillaryBoloria bellonaNorth America
Meadow fritillaryMelitaea parthenoidesEurope
Mexican fritillaryEuptoieta hegesiaAmerica
Mountain fritillaryBoloria napaeaEurope/North America/Asia
Nickerl's fritillaryMelitaea aureliaEurope
Niobe fritillaryArgynnis niobeEurope, Asia
Northwestern fritillarySpeyeria hesperisNorth America
Pacific fritillaryBoloria epithoreNorth America
Pallas' fritillaryArgynnis laodiceEurope, Asia
Pearl-bordered fritillaryBoloria euphrosyneEurope, Asia
Pleistocene fritillaryBoloria natazhatiNorth America
Polaris fritillaryBoloria polarisEurope, America
Provençal fritillaryMelitaea deioneEurope, Africa
Purplish fritillaryBoloria charicleaEurope, North America
Queen of Spain fritillaryIssoria lathoniaEurope
Red-band fritillaryMelitaea didymaEurope/Asia/Africa
Regal fritillarySpeyeria idaliaNorth America
Scarce fritillaryEuphydryas maturnaEurope
Shepherd's fritillaryBoloria palesEurope, Asia
Silver-washed fritillaryArgynnis paphiaEurope/Africa/Asia
Small pearl-bordered fritillaryBoloria seleneEurope/Asia/North America
Spotted fritillaryMelitaea didymaEurope/Africa/Asia
Thor's fritillaryBoloria thoreEurope, Asia
Titania's fritillaryBoloria titaniaEurope, Asia
Twin-spot fritillaryBrenthis hecateEurope, Asia
Uncompahgre fritillaryBoloria acrocnemaNorth America
Unsilvered fritillarySpeyeria adiasteNorth America
Weaver's fritillaryBoloria diaEurope
Zerene fritillarySpeyeria zereneNorth America

References

  1. Shorter Oxford English dictionary. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 0199206872.
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