Brenthis is a butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae.

Brenthis
Brenthis daphne
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Brenthis
Hübner, 1819

Species

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Caterpillar Butterfly Scientific name Distribution
    Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – marbled fritillary Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy, and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), to the Caucasus, western Siberia, Korea and Japan
  Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – twin-spot fritillary south-western Europe, Lithuania, southern Russia, the Balkans, Asia Minor, Iran and Central Asia.
    Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) – lesser marbled fritillary Europe, Siberia, temperate Asia, northern China and Japan.
Brenthis mofidii Wyatt, 1969 Iran.

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