| Big Fritillary butterflies |
| from Europe and North Africa |
| in subgenus Argynnis |
first update d. 9 november 2010
last update d. 18 november 2010
Argynnis (Pandoriana) pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Kardinal
| (male) Spain Cáceres Hervás 1250 m 29-7-2002 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Ukraine Crimea Bor-Kaya 300 m 1-7-2010 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Spain Cáceres Hervás 1250 m 29-7-2002 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Hungary Pest Tatárszentgyörgy 0-100 m 2-6-2004 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Cardinal:
a large fritillary
butterfly with dark red to pink on the forewing
below. Found on the Canary islands, North Africa, southern Europe and most islands in the Mediterranean. Turkey and the Middle East, Iraq, Iran, southern Russia, Kazakhstan, Afghanistan, northern Pakistan to northern India. |
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Argynnis (Argynnis) paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) Kejserkåbe
| (male) France Haute-Corse Col de Vizzavona 1200 m 31-7-2007 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Italy Veneto Garda 0-100 m 13-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) France Haute-Corse Col de Vizzavona 1200 m 31-7-2007 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Italy Veneto Garda 0-100 m 14-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Switzerland Tessin Gordévio 0-100 m 9-7-1999 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| (male) Italy Sardinia Monte Limbara 1200 m 19-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Sweden Öland Högsrum 0-100 m 17-7-1991 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) France Haute-Corse Col de Vizzavona 1200 m 31-7-2007 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Greece Fthiótida Óros Parnassós 1800 m 22-7-1997 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Italy Veneto Garda 0-100 m 15-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Silver-washed Fritillary: found in open woodland at low altitude in most of Europe except northern England, northern Scandinavia, the Faroe Islands and Iceland, southern Spain and southern Portugal. |
| The female comes in two forms, the usual and a gray-green with purple glow; f. valesina / syn.: f. valezina found in most of Europe. But unknown in North Africa and Sardinia. |
| ssp. immaculata; from Sardinia and Corsica has more golden glow on rear wing below with reduced silver stripes. |
| ssp. dives; In Algeria there dives with well developed black spots on upside. On the rear wing below is silver stripes are usually replaced with yellow-green stripes. |
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Argynnis (Argyronome) laodice (Pallas, 1771) Østlig Perlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Poland Bialystok Pogorzelce 0-100 m 21-7-1998 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Poland Bialystok Pogorzelce 0-100 m 20-7-1998 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Poland Bialystok Pogorzelce 0-100 m 21-7-1998 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Poland Bialystok Pogorzelce 0-100 m 20-7-1998 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Pallas's Fritillary: found in open forests at low altitudes from eastern Europe, central and southern parts of the Urals, South and West Siberia, northwestern Kazakhstan, Amur and Japan. Rare as a migratory visitor to Denmark and Sweden. |
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Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi (Oberthür, 1920) Stor Perlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Ifrane 1700 m 1...15-7-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(female) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Ifrane 1700 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(male) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Ifrane 1700 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
| Moroccan Dark
Green Fritillary: Is one of the
largest fritillary butterflies found in meadows
up in the Cedar forests of the western Atlas
Mountains in Morocco. ssp excelsior found in the western Rif Occidental. 1200-1500 m. altitudes. ssp lyauteyi exist in the region of Ifrane mountains. 1500-1800 m. altitudes. |
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Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) Markperlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 30-6-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 25-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Italy Veneto Monte Baldo 1800 m 16-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Sweden Småland Risebo 0-100 m 14-7-2005 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Dark Green Fritillary: Is one of the great fritillary butterflies found in meadows and grasslands throughout Europe including England, Ireland, Orkney and the European part of Turkey. Deficiencies in the Mediterranean islands except Sicily. Missing also in Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Found in most of Asia to China and Japan. |
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Argynnis (Fabriciana) elisa (Godart, 1823) Korsikansk Perlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Italy Sardinia Monte Spada 1400 m 18-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Italy Sardinia Monte Spada 1400 m 18-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Italy Sardinia Monte Limbara 1200 m 19-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Italy Sardinia Monte Limbara 1200 m 19-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Italy Sardinia Monte Spada 1400 m 18-7-2001 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Corsican Fritillary: Is one of the
rare endemic butterflies found on dry grassland
in 800 to 1500 m. altitude on the
Mediterranean islands; Corsica and Sardinia.
Corsican Fritillary, Argynnis elisa are protectet on Europaean Habitats Directive site 83 / Annex IV. "Les Carnets du Lépidoptériste Françaisis". |
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Argynnis auresiana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Marokkansk Perlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Env. MF de Senoual NW Itzer 2000 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(female) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Env. MF de Senoual NW Itzer 2000 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(male) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Env. MF de Senoual NW Itzer 2000 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(female) Morocco Moyen Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Tizi-n-Tretten 2000 m 16...30-6-2008 Michel R. Tarrier leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
| Moroccan High Brown Fritillary: is commonly green pollination on rearwing below. Found in Rif Occidental; Bab-Berred, Djebel Lakraa, Ketama, Taghsut: 1000 to 1800 m. altitude. |
Argynnis auresiana ssp. astrifera (Higgins, 1965). Atlas Perlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Morocco Haut Atlas Marrakech Tizi-n-Tachedirt 2800 m 26-6-2008 David Stroobants leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(female) Morocco Haut Atlas Marrakech Tizi-n-Tachedirt 2800 m 26-6-2008 David Stroobants leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
(male) Morocco Haut Atlas Meknès-Tafilalet Djebel Ayachi 2800 m 22-6-2008 David Stroobants leg. Morten Mølgaard coll. |
| Atlas High Brown Fritillary: is commonly green pollination on rear wing below and a smaller and paler with reduced black markings on the above. Is in the High Atlas, Tizi-n-Talrhemt, Tizi-n-Test, Oukaimeden, Djebel Aourach; from 1750 to 2800 m. altitude. |
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Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ssp. chlorodippe (Herrich-Schäffer, 1851) Spansk Perlemorsommerfugl
![Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ssp. chlorodippe Herrich-Schäffer, [1851] male. Leg. Morten S. Mølgaard. Aalborg d 31 october 2010. Photographer; Lars Andersen](images40/lep108115c.JPG)
| (male) Spain Granada Guillimona 1500 m 10-7-2004 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Spain Granada La Sagra 1300 m 16-7-2004 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Spain Teruel Albarracín 1100 m 9-7-1996 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Spain Teruel Albarracín 1100 m 10-7-1996 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Spanish High Brown Fritillary; is commonly green pollination on rear wing below. Found in Spain and Portugal. Along the Pyrenees exhausted it with nominatform and transitionform; cleodippe and cleodoxa. |
Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Skovperlemorsommerfugl
![Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) male. Leg. Morten S. Mølgaard. Aalborg d 31 october 2010. Photographer; Lars Andersen](images40/lep108104a.JPG)
![Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) female. Leg. Morten S. Mølgaard. Aalborg d 31 october 2010. Photographer; Lars Andersen](images40/lep108105a.JPG)
![Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) male. Leg. Morten S. Mølgaard. Aalborg d 31 october 2010. Photographer; Lars Andersen](images40/lep108106c.JPG)
![Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) female. Leg. Morten S. Mølgaard. Aalborg d 31 october 2010. Photographer; Lars Andersen](images40/lep108107c.JPG)
| (male) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 22-7-1987 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 4-7-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 30-6-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 21-7-1989 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| High Brown Fritillary: Distribution; Most of Europe, including southwest England and Wales. Southern Scandinavia. Deficiencies in the Mediterranean islands apart from Sicily. Turkey to temperate Asia. In most of Europe are often mixed populations with the yellow form cleodoxa. Along the Pyrenees exhausted it with transitionform; cleodippe. In Spain and Portugal are the subspecies chlorodippe. |
Argynnis (Fabriciana) adippe f. cleodoxa (Ochsenheimer, 1816). Skovperlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Sweden Öland Tveta 0-100 m 24-7-1991 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Sweden Öland Tveta 0-100 m 24-7-1991 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Sweden Öland Tveta 0-100 m 24-7-1991 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| High Yellow Fritillary: are commonly yellow-pollination on rear wing below, missing silver spots. Without green roots (basal) pollination and reduced drawings. Is seldom found in southern Scandinavia, more frequent in southern Europe. Is dominant in the Balkans and Greece. In the Pyrenees it is replaced with transitional form cleodippe. |
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Argynnis (Fabriciana) niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) Klitperlemorsommerfugl
| (male) Denmark North Jutland Saltum 0-100 m 23-7-1987 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 30-6-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 30-6-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Denmark North Jutland Hammer Bakker 0-100 m 30-6-1990 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(male) Greece Flórina Flórina 1000 m 17-6-1995 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
(female) Switzerland Wallis Zeneggen 1400 m 7-7-1999 Morten Mølgaard leg. & coll. |
| Niobe Fritillary: looks like a dwarf form of High Brown Fritillary, A. adippe. Niobe rear wing underside is reduced silver or yellow spots with black heart near the base of the middle cell. Form; eris missing silver spots. Distribution; found from southern Scandinavia, and from Spain through Europe to the Middle East, Iran, Central Asia, Mongolia and the Amur. Not found in England, Ireland, northern Scandinavia and Iceland. Deficiencies in the islands of the Mediterranean, except Sicily. |
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