Boloria alaskensis

Species of butterfly
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Boloria alaskensis
alaskensis in Seitz
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. alaskensis
Binomial name
Boloria alaskensis
(W. Holland, 1900)

Boloria alaskensis, the mountain fritillary or Alaskan fritillary, is a species of fritillary butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900 and is found in North America[2] and North European Russia. The MONA or Hodges number for Boloria alaskensis is 4462.[3][4] The larvae feed on false bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and alpine smartweed (P. viviparum).[5]

It is very similar to Boloria pales.

Subspecies

  • Boloria alaskensis alaskensis (W. Holland, 1900)
  • Boloria alaskensis halli Klots, 1940

References

  1. ^ "Boloria alaskensis Species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  2. ^ a b "Boloria alaskensis Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  3. ^ Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  4. ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (July 1, 2017). "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-02-04.
  5. ^ "Boloria alaskensis". explorer.natureserve.org.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, 40, xiv + 658.

Further reading

  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
Taxon identifiers
Boloria alaskensis
Argynnis alaskensis


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