Boloria frigga

Frigga fritillary
in Alberta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. frigga
Binomial name
Boloria frigga
Becklin in Thunberg, 1791)
Synonyms
  • Clossiana frigga

Boloria frigga, the Frigga fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra in Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, very locally in more southern locations, as well as in the Urals, Siberia, Northern Mongolia, the Russian Far East, western parts of the United States and Canada.[1][2]

Description

specimen from Sweden

Seitz A. frigga Thnbg. (68e). Above pale reddish yellow, the black markings in the central and marginal areas very straight, being parallel with the distal margin. The under surface is very characteristic on account of the broad cinnamon margin of the forewing and the but little variegated hindwing, only the paler distal margin of the latter somewhat contrasting with the cinnamon basal area. The median band, like the ground dusted with cinnamon, is but slightly prominent, only an irregularly rhomboidal pale spot before the middle of the costa being conspicuous.[3] Its habitats include willow and sphagnum bogs.[4]

Biology

Larvae feed on Rubus chamaemorus,[1][2] Vaccinium oxycoccos[1] and occasionally on Vaccinium uliginosum.[1] In experimentation they accept Polygonum viviparum and Rubus fruticosus.[2] The species produces one generation every two years.[1]

Etymology

Frigg is a goddess in Norse mythology.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Львовский А.Л., Моргун Д.В. 2007. Булавоусые чешуекрылые Восточной Европы. Москва: КМК. ISBN 978-5-87317-362-4. p. 324.
  2. ^ a b c Tolman, Tom & Richard Lewington. 1997. Butterflies of Britain and Europe. Field Guide. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-219992-0.
  3. ^ Seitz. A. in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-03-12.


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