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#3016 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Lesser Marbled Fritillary

🇳🇱 Purperstreepparelmoervlinder ·Brenthis ino

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Lesser Marbled Fritillary, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Brenthis ino , the lesser marbled fritillary , is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

  • NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 9,276iNaturalist 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.
  • 9,276 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by S. A. von Rottemburg in 1775 (251 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Lesser Marbled Fritillary
Nederlands
Purperstreepparelmoervlinder
scientific name
Brenthis ino
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
sightings in NL
0
sightings in Europe
6,662
sightings worldwide
9,276
GBIF records in NL
47
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1775 by S. A. von Rottemburg

relatives· Nymphalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 334985, Wikidata Q1160177, GBIF 1902749, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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