#2915 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Dark Green Fritillary

🇳🇱 Grote Parelmoervlinder ·Argynnis aglaja

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © uusijani · CC0
2. © Mirko Tomasi · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Jean Guérin · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
4. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
5. © tnaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. De Waal, Nederland:© René Manger · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
9. 1795 De Cocksdorp, Netherlands:© birdnerd67 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 53.008, 4.748:© gerbenth · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The dark green fritillary ( Speyeria aglaja ) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic realm - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.

base stats

NL sightings 22iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,874iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).