| Frigga Fritillary | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Boloria |
| Species: | B. frigga |
| Binomial name | |
| Boloria frigga Becklin in Thunberg, 1791) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Clossiana frigga |
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The Frigga Fritillary (Boloria frigga or Clossiana frigga) 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] 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]