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Freyer's Fritillary
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NW Greece, July
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NW Greece, July
2004 Female |
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NW Greece, July
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NW Greece, July
2004 |
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| This is a very local species found in
the Balkans. It is only found in a few areas, including NW Greece. We've
found only two colonies and then only a few individuals, one near Lake
Vegoritis and one in the Varnous Mountains. Both sites were lush grassy
places with plenty of flowers. The very similar Knapweed Fritillary,
M. phoebe, and Glanville Fritillary, M. cinxia were flying more
commonly with it at both places. The key difference is found in the post
discal area of both surfaces of the hindwing. This orange band has black
spots, although in phoebe they are usually not present. These spots
have a deeply arched black line forming a semi-circle around them on the
underside. This is outside the row of lines/ lunules that form the outside
border of the white discal area. This is missing completely in cinxia.
If spots are present a check of the upperside is helpful to eliminate
phoebe - arduinna has fine black markings, phoebe is
relatively very dark, particularly on the hindwing. Another place to check
is the row of spots in the forewing discal area near the costa of
arduinna, these are merged into a streak in phoebe. |
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