Boloria alberta: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Boloria
- Species
- Boloria alberta
- Scientific Name
- Boloria alberta
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Boloria alberta
Boloria alberta, the Alberta fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the North American Rocky Mountains of British Columbia and Alberta and in northern Montana.
The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The butterfly flies from July to early August. Male Alberta fritillary are dull orange and females are pale orange and grey brown. Their markings are blurred.
The larvae feed on mountain avens (Dryas octopetala). Its habitats include alpine ridges, tundra, and windswept scree slopes.
...Boloria alberta in languages:
- English
- Alberta Fritillary
- French
- boloria de l'Alberta
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Boloria acrocnema
- Boloria alaskensis
- Boloria alberta
- Boloria altaica
- Boloria angarensis
- Boloria aquilonaris
- Boloria astarte
- Boloria banghaasi
- Boloria bellona
- Boloria caucasica
- Boloria chariclea
- Boloria dia
- Boloria epithore
- Boloria erda
- Boloria erubescens
- Boloria eunomia
- Boloria eupales
- Boloria euphrosyne
- Boloria euphrosynella
- Boloria freija
- Boloria frigga
- Boloria frigidalis
- Boloria gong
- Boloria graeca
- Boloria improba
- Boloria iphigenia
- Boloria kriemhild
- Boloria napaea
- Boloria natazhati
- Boloria oscarus
- Boloria pales
- Boloria palina
- Boloria perryi
- Boloria polaris
- Boloria roddi
- Boloria selene
- Boloria selenis
- Boloria sifanica
- Boloria sipora
- Boloria thore
- Boloria titania
- Boloria tritonia
- Clossiana polaris



























