Boloria chariclea

Arctic fritillary
B. c. montinus in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, U.S.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. chariclea
Binomial name
Boloria chariclea
Synonyms
  • Boloria montinus

Boloria chariclea, the Arctic fritillary or purplish fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northern parts of the Palearctic and Nearctic realms.

  1. ^ Schneider, 1794, Neueste Magazin fur die Liebhaber der Entomologie. Stralsund, Struck, Part V, 1794. 588