Brenthis
Appearance
Brenthis | |
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Brenthis daphne | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Argynnini |
Genus: | Brenthis Hübner, 1819 |
Brenthis is a butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae.
Species
[edit]Caterpillar | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution |
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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. |
References
[edit]- BioLib.cz
- "Brenthis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
[edit]- Images representing Brenthis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images representing Brenthis at Encyclopedia of Life