Speyeria aglaja Linnaeus, 1758)
(Dark Green Fritillary)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesSpeyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
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 Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary) :
1: Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
24 May 2015 OSGR: SU02 50° 60’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: South Wilts (VC 8) England
Larva, on violet leaf
Image 1: Larva - dorsal view - enlarged
2: Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
22 Aug 2005 OSGR: NH90 57° 10’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: East Inverness-shire (VC 96) Scotland
Image 1: Adult - visiting cloverImage 2: Adult - visiting clover (2)Image 3: Adult - visiting clover - underside viewImage 4: Adult - visiting clover - underside view (2)
3: Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
10 Jul 1977 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England
Image 1: Adult - wings open - dorsal view

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 2008 Dark Green Fritillary Vol 19, no. 6 Page: 435

Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Speyeria aglaja (Dark Green Fritillary)
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