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Speyeria aglaja

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Wikipedia Abstract

The dark green fritillary (Argynnis aglaja) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic ecozone - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea and Japan.
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Infraspecies

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.165 inches (.055 m)

Prey / Diet

Polygala rosea (common milkwort)[2]
Viola canina (heath dog violet)[2]
Viola japonica (sweet violet)[2]
Viola palustris (marsh violet)[2]
Viola tricolor (pansy violet)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Zimmermann, K., Konvicka, M., Fric, Z., & Cihakova, V. (2009). Demography of a common butterfly on humid grasslands: Argynnis aglaja (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) studied by mark-recapture. Pol J Ecol, 57, 715-727.
2Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
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