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Clossiana freija (Freija Fritillary)

Synonyms: Argynnis fasciata (heterotypic); Argynnis obscura (heterotypic); Papilio freija

Wikipedia Abstract

The Freija fritillary (Boloria freija or Clossiana freija) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra. Its range includes Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, occasionally more southern locations, the Urals, Siberia, the Russian Far East, mountains of Northern Mongolia and Hokkaido, as well as North America, extending in the Rocky Mountains to 35° N. Larvae feed on Rubus chamaemorus, Dryas sp., Vaccinium uliginosum, Arctostaphylos alpina, A. uva-ursi, Empetrum nigrum, Rhododendron aureum, Rh. lapponicum. The species produces one generation every two years.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.299 inches (.033 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Järvisuo-Ridasjärvi 1695 Finland  
Puurijärvi - Isosuo 8478 Finland  
Talaskankaan alue 12145 Finland  
Ziemelgauja 53743 Latvia  

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Clossiana frigga (Frigga Fritillary)2
Lagopus lagopus (Willow Ptarmigan)1
Pyrgus centaureae (grizzled skipper)1
Tetrao urogallus (Western Capercaillie)2
Ursus arctos (Grizzly Bear)1

External References

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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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