
Valais, Switzerland, June 2022

Valais, Switzerland, July 2021
Field notes and information
Usually associated with bramble the larval foodplant.
Identification & Similar species: Very similar to the slightly smaller lesser marbled fritillary, B. ino. Separated by the coloration of the square patch on the underside hindwing, just beyond the cell. This is partly filled pinkish in the current species, a solid yellow block in B. ino.
Distribution & Flight: Widespread and not uncommonly encountered from north Spain, south France and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece.
Habitat & Behaviour: A butterfly of woodland and bushy places where the larval food plant bramble grows. Frequently takes nectar from bramble and other flowers.

Valais, Switzerland, July 2021


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