Dark green fritillary

Dark green fritillary
Male, Val d'Aosta, Italy
Female, Elsenborn, Belgium
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Speyeria
Species:
S. aglaja
Binomial name
Speyeria aglaja
Synonyms
List
  • Papilio aglaia (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Papilio aglaja Linnaeus, 1758
  • Argynnis mitchelli Kershaw, 1952
  • Argynnis robnora Kershaw, 1952
  • Argynnis smrzi Slabý, 1949
  • Argynnis ovalis Cabeau, 1930
  • Argynnis molybdina Newnham, 1917
  • Argynnis viridiatra Strand, 1912
  • Argynnis gutta Wileman, 1911
  • Mesoachidalia plutus Oberthür, 1909
  • Argynnis fusca Tutt, 1896
  • Argynnis fuscans Tutt, 1896
  • Argynnis pallida Tutt, 1896
  • Argynnis wimani Holmgren, 1888
  • Argynnis aberrans Lampa, 1885
  • Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Argynnis aurea Tutt, 1896
  • Argynnis eridioides Pflümer, 1879
  • Argynnis charlotta Haworth, 1803
  • Argynnis emilia Acerbi, 1802
  • Mesoacidalia sinenigra Aagesen
  • Speyeria albomaculata Rebel
  • Speyeria emilocuples Warren, 1955
  • Speyeria hindenburgi Schuster von Forstner, 1928
  • Speyeria arvernensis Bramson, 1890

The dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic realm - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.