List of fritillaries (butterflies)

This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary. The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning dice-box (or, according to some sources, a chequerboard); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation.^[1] Most fritillaries belong to the family of Nymphalidae, within which are several genera whose species are nearly all called fritillaries: Argynnis, Boloria, Speyeria (the greater fritillaries), Euphydryas, Melitaea, and Agraulis.

Common name	Latin name	Distribution	Image
Adiaste fritillary	Speyeria adiaste	North America
Aetherie fritillary	Melitaea aetherie	Africa
African leopard fritillary	Phalanta eurytis	Africa
Alberta fritillary	Boloria alberta	North America
Aphrodite fritillary	Speyeria aphrodite	North America
Assmann's fritillary	Melitaea britomartis	Europe, Asia
Astarte fritillary	Boloria astarte	North America
Atlantis fritillary	Speyeria atlantis	North America
Balkan fritillary	Boloria graeca	Europe
Baluchi fritillary	Melitaea robertsi	Asia
Beringian fritillary	Boloria natazhati	North America
Blackvein fritillary	Melitaea arcesia	Asia
Bog fritillary	Boloria eunomia	North America
Callippe fritillary	Speyeria callippe	North America
Caribbean false fritillary	Anetia pantheratus	Caribbean
Cranberry fritillary	Boloria aquilonaris	Europe
Crescent spot fritillary	Anthanassa texana	North America
Cryptic fritillary	Boloria natazhati	North America
Dark green fritillary	Argynnis aglaja	Europe, Asia
Desert fritillary	Melitaea deserticola	Africa, Asia
Diana fritillary	Speyeria diana	North America
Dingy fritillary	Boloria improba	Europe, North America
Duke of Burgundy fritillary	Hamearis lucina	Europe
Edwards' fritillary	Speyeria edwardsii	North America
Egleis fritillary	Speyeria egleis	North America
European meadow fritillary	Melitaea parthenoides	Europe
False fritillary	Pseudargynnis	Africa
False heath fritillary	Melitaea diamina	Europe
Forest leopard fritillary	Phalanta eurytis	Africa
Freija fritillary	Boloria freija	Europe, North America
Freyer's fritillary	Melitaea arduinna	Europe, Asia
Frigga fritillary	Boloria frigga	Europe/North America/Asia
Glanville fritillary	Melitaea cinxia	Europe/North America/Asia
Great Basin fritillary	Speyeria egleis	North America
Great spangled fritillary	Speyeria cybele	North America
Grisons fritillary	Melitaea varia	Europe
Gulf fritillary	Agraulis vanillae	North and South America
Heath fritillary	Melitaea athalia	Europe, Asia
High brown fritillary	Fabriciana adippe	Europe, Asia
Hydaspe fritillary	Speyeria hydaspe	North America
Indian fritillary	Argynnis hyperbius	Asia
Knapweed fritillary	Melitaea phoebe	Europe/Asia/North America
Lesser false fritillary	Anetia briarea	Caribbean
Lesser marbled fritillary	Brenthis ino	Asia, Europe
Lesser spotted fritillary	Melitaea trivia	Europe/Asia/ North America
Little fritillary	Melitaea asteria	Europe
Marbled fritillary	Brenthis daphne	Europe, Asia
Marsh fritillary	Euphydryas aurinia	Europe, Asia
Meadow fritillary	Boloria bellona	North America
Meadow fritillary	Melitaea parthenoides	Europe
Mexican fritillary	Euptoieta hegesia	America
Mountain fritillary	Boloria napaea	Europe/North America/Asia
Nickerl's fritillary	Melitaea aurelia	Europe
Niobe fritillary	Argynnis niobe	Europe, Asia
Northwestern fritillary	Speyeria hesperis	North America
Pacific fritillary	Boloria epithore	North America
Pallas' fritillary	Argynnis laodice	Europe, Asia
Pearl-bordered fritillary	Boloria euphrosyne	Europe, Asia
Pleistocene fritillary	Boloria natazhati	North America
Polaris fritillary	Boloria polaris	Europe, America
Provençal fritillary	Melitaea deione	Europe, Africa
Purplish fritillary	Boloria chariclea	Europe, North America
Queen of Spain fritillary	Issoria lathonia	Europe
Red-band fritillary	Melitaea didyma	Europe/Asia/Africa
Regal fritillary	Speyeria idalia	North America
Scarce fritillary	Euphydryas maturna	Europe
Shepherd's fritillary	Boloria pales	Europe, Asia
Silver-washed fritillary	Argynnis paphia	Europe/Africa/Asia
Small pearl-bordered fritillary	Boloria selene	Europe/Asia/North America
Spotted fritillary	Melitaea didyma	Europe/Africa/Asia
Thor's fritillary	Boloria thore	Europe, Asia
Titania's fritillary	Boloria titania	Europe, Asia
Twin-spot fritillary	Brenthis hecate	Europe, Asia
Uncompahgre fritillary	Boloria acrocnema	North America
Unsilvered fritillary	Speyeria adiaste	North America
Weaver's fritillary	Boloria dia	Europe
Zerene fritillary	Speyeria zerene	North America

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