Niobe Fritillary

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Niobe Fritillary

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Argynnis
Species: A. niobe
Binomial name
Argynnis niobe
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Niobe Fritillary (Argynnis niobe) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is common throughout Europe, but absent from Northern Europe, and is also found in Siberia, Russia, Iran, China and Korea[1].

Flight is from May to August, Size is between 46mm and 60mm, and is found at altitudes between sea level and 2,400m.[2]

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