| Freija Fritillary | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Boloria |
| Species: | B. freija |
| Binomial name | |
| Boloria freija Becklin in Thunberg, 1791) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clossiana freija |
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The Freija Fritillary (Boloria freija or Clossiana freija) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra. Its range includes Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, occasionally more southern locations, the Urals, Siberia, the Russian Far East, mountains of Northern Mongolia and Hokkaido, as well as North America, extending in the Rocky Mountains to 35° N.[1][2] Larvae feed on Rubus chamaemorus[1][2], Dryas sp.[1], Vaccinium uliginosum[1][2], Arctostaphylos alpina[2], A. uva-ursi[1][2], Empetrum nigrum[1][2], Rhododendron aureum[2], Rh. lapponicum[2]. The species produces one generation every two years.[1]