Boloria

Boloria
Weaver's fritillary, Boloria dia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Boloria
Moore, 1900
Species

Several, see text

Synonyms
  • Boloria "Moore, 1900"
  • Clossiana Reuss, 1920 (but see text)
  • Proclossiana Reuss, 1926
  • Smoljana Slivov, 1995

Boloria is a brush-footed butterfly (Nymphalidae) genus. Clossiana is usually included with it nowadays, though some authors still consider it distinct and it seems to warrant recognition as a subgenus at least.