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Clossiana polaris

Synonyms: Argynnis polaris (homotypic); Boloria polaris (homotypic); Boloria polaris polaris; Boloria polaris stellata; Brenthis transversa (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Polaris Fritillary (Boloria polaris) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Northernmost Scandinavia, North America (in North Eastern Alaska and Northern Canada) and in Greenland. It is also found in North Eastern Russia. It is one of only six butterfly species found on the Canadian Ellesmere Island. The wingspan is 32–38 mm. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location. The exact food plants are unknown, but in Canada, larvae have been found on Vaccinium uliginosum and Dryas species.
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Infraspecies

Prey / Diet

Cassiope tetragona (white arctic mountain heather)[1]
Dryas integrifolia (white mountain-avens)[2]
Dryas octopetala (white dryas)[2]
Dryas octopetala punctata[1]
Vaccinium uliginosum (bog blueberry)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Jorrit 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.
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
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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