| Shepherd's fritillary | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Boloria |
| Species: | B. pales
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| Binomial name | |
| Boloria pales (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)
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Boloria pales, the shepherd's fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found from the Cantabrian Mountains and the Pyrenees through the Alps and Apennine Mountains east to the Balkan, Carpathian Mountains, the Caucasus and central Asia up to western China.
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Boloria pales pales -
Underside Boloria pales pales -
Boloria pales palustris -
△ Boloria pales palustris -
Boloria pales pyrenesmiscens -
Underside Boloria pales pyrenesmiscens
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The wingspan is 25–30 mm. The wing tops of the relatively narrow forewings, are usually orange-brown and are traversed by a fine, black pattern consisting of dots and lines as are the hindwings. Slightly darkened or strongly melanistic moths are less common. Characteristic is the strong rust-red underside of the hind wings, which is very strong in this species and is only interrupted by a few irregular yellowish markings.