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| Silver-washed fritillary | |
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| Male Mitterbach am Erlaufsee, Lower Austria | |
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| Female Lill-Jansskogen, Stockholm | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Argynnis |
| Species: | A. paphia
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| Binomial name | |
| Argynnis paphia | |
The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan.