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Clossiana frigga (Frigga Fritillary)

Synonyms: Brenthis lapponica; Clossiana exmaculata; Papilio frigga

Wikipedia Abstract

The Frigga fritillary (Boloria frigga or Clossiana frigga) 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 of the United States and Canada. Larvae feed on Rubus chamaemorus, Vaccinium oxycoccos and occasionally on Vaccinium uliginosum. In experimentation they accept Polygonum viviparum and Rubus fruticosus. The species produces one generation every two years.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.417 inches (.036 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Haapasuo-Syysniemi-Rutajärvi-Kivijärvi 12513 Finland  
Peuralamminneva 1203 Finland  
Teicu dabas rezervats 48554 Latvia  
Torronsuo 7643 Finland  
Ziemelgauja 53743 Latvia  

Prey / Diet

Dryas integrifolia (white mountain-avens)[2]
Rubus chamaemorus (cloudberry)[2]
Salix arctica (arctic willow)[3]
Salix herbacea (snowbed willow)[2]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Clossiana freija (Freija Fritillary)2
Tetrao urogallus (Western Capercaillie)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
3Jorrit 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.
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