Biology:Silver-bordered fritillary

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Dark-bordered fritillary
Boloria myrina atrocostalis in Aroostook County, Maine.
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. myrina
Binomial name
Boloria myrina

The Silver-bordered fritillary, Boloria myrina, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Previously classified under a single species, B. myrina was determined to be a distinct species from B. selene through genomic sequencing.[1]

Boloria myrina atrocostalis, known as the dark-bordered fritillary,[2] is a subspecies inhabiting North America.

Status

The dark-bordered fritillary is classified by NatureServe as Imperiled in Oregon and Vulnerable in both Washington and Yukon[3]

References

  1. Gatrelle, Ronald R. (2022). Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 10. Goose Creek, SC: International Lepidoptera Survey. p. 20. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62027636#page/20/mode/1up. 
  2. "Dark-bordered Fritillary (Subspecies Boloria myrina atrocostalis)" (in en). https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1456435-Boloria-myrina-atrocostalis. 
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Wikidata ☰ Q15791529 entry