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Boloria epithore (Western Meadow Fritillary)

Synonyms: Argynnis epithore; Brenthis eldorado; Brenthis obscuripennis; Brenthis wawonae

Wikipedia Abstract

The Pacific fritillary (Boloria epithore) 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. The larvae probably feed on Viola spp.
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Infraspecies

Boloria epithore chermocki
Boloria epithore epithore
Boloria epithore kriemhild
Boloria epithore sierra
Boloria epithore sigridae

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.535 inches (.039 m)

Prey / Diet

Viola adunca (blue violet)[2]
Viola glabella (pioneer violet)[2]
Viola melissifolia[2]
Viola ocellata (pinto violet)[2]
Viola sempervirens (evergreen violet)[2]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0