#3004 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Weaver's Fritillary

🇳🇱 Akkerparelmoervlinder ·Boloria dia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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

1. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © shirdipam · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Марина Горбунова-Ëлкина · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
7. Right bank of Allondon, Dardagny (Genève), Svizzera:© Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Wolfach, Deutschland:© Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Wolfach, Deutschland:© Corinna Herr · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 42254, Jamno, Croatia:© Miroslav Marić · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Boloria dia , the Weaver's fritillary or violet fritillary , is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. Its English name, after an insect dealer, Richard Weaver, comes from his capture of an insect early in the 19th century at Sutton Park, Tamworth. However this and the small number of other English specimens are thought to be of introductions, possibly accidental.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 11,166iNaturalist 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).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
11,166 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1767 (259 years ago).