Scarce fritillary

Scarce fritillary
Rakov Škocjan, Slovenia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Melitaeini
Genus: Euphydryas
Species:
E. maturna
Binomial name
Euphydryas maturna
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
  • Hypodryas maturna
  • Euphydryas maturna maturna
  • Papilio maturna Linnaeus, 1758

The scarce fritillary (Euphydryas maturna) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia and Montenegro, and Sweden. and East across the Palearctic to Mongolia.