Biology:Boloria alaskensis

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Boloria alaskensis
Seitz Macrolepidoptera Volume V THE AMERICAN RHOPALOCERA. Stuttgart 1924 - Page 87 (ARGYNNIS) (4363745698).jpg
alaskensis in Seitz
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. alaskensis
Binomial name
Boloria alaskensis
(W. Holland, 1900)

Boloria alaskensis, the mountain fritillary or Alaskan fritillary, is a species of fritillary butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900 and is found in North America[2] and North European Russia. The MONA or Hodges number for Boloria alaskensis is 4462.[3][4] The larvae feed on false bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and alpine smartweed (P. viviparum).[5]

It is very similar to Boloria pales.

Subspecies

  • Boloria alaskensis alaskensis (W. Holland, 1900)
  • Boloria alaskensis halli Klots, 1940

References

  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.

Wikidata ☰ Q13441548 entry