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Clossiana alberta (Alberta Fritillary)

Synonyms: Argynnis alberta; Boloria alberta

Wikipedia Abstract

The Alberta Fritillary (Boloria alberta) 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. The butterfly flies from July to early August. The larvae feed on Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala).
View Wikipedia Record: Clossiana alberta

Infraspecies

Clossiana alberta alberta
Clossiana alberta banffensis
Clossiana alberta kurenzovi

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.575 inches (.04 m)

Prey / Diet

Dryas integrifolia (white mountain-avens)[2]
Dryas octopetala (white dryas)[3]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

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.
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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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