Argynnis

Argynnis
Cardinal (Argynnis pandora)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Genus: Argynnis
Fabricius, 1807
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Argyreus Scopoli, 1777
  • Argyronome Hübner, 1819
  • Childrena Hemming, 1943
  • Damora Nordmann, 1851
  • Fabriciana Reuss, 1920
  • Speyeria Scudder, 1872

Argynnis, commonly known as fritillaries, is the genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in Europe and Asia. The taxon Speyeria is now considered a subspecies of Argynnis.

List of species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2]

  • Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – High brown fritillary
  • Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Dark green fritillary
  • Argynnis alexandra Ménetries, 1832
  • Argynnis anadyomene Felder & Felder, 1862
  • Argynnis argyrospilata Kotzsch, 1938
  • Argynnis auresiana Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Argynnis childreni Gray, 1831
  • Argynnis clara Blanchard, 1844
  • Argynnis coreana Butler, 1882
  • Argynnis coredippe Leech, 1893
  • Argynnis elisa Godart, 1823 – Corsican fritillary
  • Argynnis hyperbius Linnaeus, 1763 – Indian fritillary
  • Argynnis jainadeva Moore, 1864
  • Argynnis kamala Moore, 1857
  • Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771) – Pallas's fritillary
  • Argynnis lyauteyi (Oberthür, 1920)
  • Argynnis nerippe Felder & Felder, 1862
  • Argynnis niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Niobe fritillary
  • Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – Cardinal or Mediterranean fritillary
  • Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) – Silver-washed fritillary
  • Argynnis ruslana Motschulsky, 1866
  • Argynnis sagana (Doubleday, 1847)
  • Argynnis vorax Butler, 1871
  • Argynnis xipe Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
  • Argynnis zenobia Leech, 1890

See also subgenus Speyeria.

References

  1. ↑ Argynnis, funet.fi
  2. ↑ Biolib

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Argynnis.
Wikispecies has information related to: Argynnis