#2772 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Heath Fritillary

🇳🇱 Bosparelmoervlinder ·Melitaea athalia

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © Anne SORBES · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © thomas_oswald · CC BY 4.0
4. 6991 Rheden, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© Joey Bom · CC BY 4.0
7. 6731 Otterlo, Nederland:© joopverbrugh · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Hoenderloo, Nederland:© s_denheijer · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Epe, Gelderland, Netherlands:© kjdekoning · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Gelderland, NL:© Mark Schellekens · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The heath fritillary ( Melitaea athalia ) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found throughout the Palaearctic from western Europe to Japan, in heathland, grassland, and in coppiced woodland. Its association with coppiced woodland earned it the name "woodman's follower" in parts of the UK. It is considered a threatened species in the UK and Germany, but not Europe-wide or globally.

base stats

NL sightings 49iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,391iNaturalist 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).