Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Pearl-bordered Fritillary)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBoloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary)
GenusBoloria (pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies)
TribeArgynnini (fritillary butterflies)
SubfamilyHELICONIINAE (fritillary butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Boloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary) :
1: Boloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary)
12 May 2021 OSGR: SU23 51° 0’ N, 1° 40’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
newly emerged butterfly
Image 1: Freshly emerged butterfly

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Brereton, T., Roy, D., & Greatorex-Davies, N. 2006 Thirty Years and Counting - the contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK British Wildlife Vol 17, No. 3: 162-170.
Burbridge, B. 2005 Pearl-bordered Fritillary Vol 16, No 4 Page: 278
Oates M. 2004 The Ecology of the Pearl-bordered Fritillary in Woodland British Wildlife Vol 15, No 4: 229-236.

Boloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Boloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Boloria euphrosyne (Pearl-bordered Fritillary)
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