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Boloria alaskensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Boloria |
Species: | B. alaskensis |
Binomial name | |
Boloria alaskensis (W. Holland, 1900) | |
Boloria alaskensis, the mountain fritillary or Alaskan fritillary, is a species of fritillary butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1] [2] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900 and is found in North America [2] and North European Russia. The MONA or Hodges number for Boloria alaskensis is 4462. [3] [4] The larvae feed on false bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and alpine smartweed (P. viviparum). [5]
It is very similar to Boloria pales .
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.
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