** Volume 4: Apollon und Niobe ( 1980 )

** HEI sloop Niobe

** Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja

** Indian Fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius

** Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia

** Australian Fritillary, Argyreus hyperbius ( sometimes included in Argyreus )

** Aphrodite Fritillary, Speyeria aphrodite

** Atlantis Fritillary, Speyeria atlantis

** Calippe Fritillary, Speyeria callippe

** Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele

** Diana Fritillary, Speyeria diana

** Northwestern Fritillary, Speyeria hesperis

** Hydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe

** Zerene Fritillary, Speyeria zerene

** Cardinal, Argynnis pandora

** Niobe's Shrew, Crocidura niobe

The Niobe Fritillary ( Argynnis niobe ) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Butterflies include Silver-washed Fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), Dark Green Fritillary ( Argynnis aglaja ), Pearl-bordered Fritillary ( Boloria euphrosyne ), Holby Blue ( Celastrina argiolus ) and Brown Argus ( Aricia agestis ).

Strong populations of other downland species such as Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon and Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja are found, and of note here is the occurrence of Grayling Hipparchia semele, a butterfly rarely found away from the coast.

The Silver-washed Fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ) was in decline in the UK for much of the 1970s and 1980s, but seems to be coming back to many of its old territories.

Male of the Silver-washed Fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), type species of Argynnis and the Argynnini.

It likes drier conditions ( but not as dry as the Queen of Spain Fritillary ) than its more common relative Argynnis aglaja, preferring sandy or rocky hills and banks with patches of the foodplant for the larvae.

The Dark Green Fritillary ( Argynnis aglaja ) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

The varied age and canopy structure of woodland encourages a high diversity of butterflies, nationally scarce species including the White-letter Hairstreak ( Strymonidia walbum ) and High Brown Fritillary ( Argynnis edippe ), while species such as the Chalkhill Blue ( Lysandra coridon ) and Brown Argus ( Aricia agestis ) occur on the limestone grassland.

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