Boloria

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Boloria
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Weaver's fritillary, Boloria dia
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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"
  • ClossianaReuss, 1920 (but see text)
  • ProclossianaReuss, 1926
  • SmoljanaSlivov, 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.

Species

Listed alphabetically: [1] [2] [3]

Brachiopod

Grunt described a brachiopod genus in 1973 under the same name. Since each code of biological nomenclature allows only for one genus with the same name, the brachiopod genus is in need of renaming.

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References

  1. "Boloria Moore, 1900" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Fritillaries, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman (2003) Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Further reading