| Pallas' Fritillary | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Argynnis |
| Species: | A. laodice |
| Binomial name | |
| Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Argyronome laodice |
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Pallas' Fritillary (Argynnis laodice) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It occurs in damp forested places in southern Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, northwestern Kazakhstan, and East Asia.[1][2] Larvae feed on species of Viola.[1][2] The species produces one generation annually and flies in July–August.[1][2]