Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary
Male, Val d'Aosta, Italy
Female, Elsenborn, Belgium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Speyeria
Species:
S. aglaja
Binomial name
Speyeria aglaja
Synonyms
  • Argynnis aglaja

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

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