Boloria titania
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B. titania
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The Titania's fritillary or purple bog fritillary (Boloria titania) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family, Heliconiinae subfamily.
Description
The adult is a small fritillary with typically chequered orange-brown upperside and a marginal row of triangles and dots. The length of the forewings is 21–23 mm. The underside has brown pearly spots and triangular markings at the edge of the hindwings. The butterfly flies from June to August depending on the location.
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Dosal side
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△ Ventral side
The larvae feed on Viola species, Vaccinium uliginosum, Bistorta major, Filipendula ulmaria and Trollius asiaticus.[1]
Distribution
This species is present in the Palearctic ecozone.[2]
Subspecies
- Clossiana titania titania
- Clossiana titania bivina (Fruhstorfer, 1908) central and southern Europe.
- Clossiana titania miyakei (Matsumura, 1919) Sakhalin, Amur
- Clossiana titania staudingeri (Wnukowsky, 1929) southern Siberia.[1]
References
- Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord, Delachaux et Niestlé, Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington
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