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.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Boloria |
| Species: | B. alberta
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| Binomial name | |
| Boloria alberta (W.H. Edwards, 1890)[1]
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The wingspan is 35–45 mm. The butterfly flies from July to early August.[2] Male Alberta fritillary are dull orange and females are pale orange and grey brown. Their markings are blurred.[1]
The larvae feed on mountain avens (Dryas octopetala).[2] Its habitats include alpine ridges, tundra, and windswept scree slopes.[3]
Subspecies
edit- Boloria alberta alberta (North America)
- Boloria alberta kurentzovi (Wyatt, 1961) (Chukotka)
References
edit- ^ a b "Alberta Fritillary Boloria alberta (W.H. Edwards, 1890)". Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA). Archived from the original on May 6, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Alberta Fritillary (Boloria alberta) (W.H. Edwards, 1890), Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility (CBIF), nd, archived from the original on May 6, 2019, retrieved May 5, 2019
- ^ "Boloria alberta". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
External links
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