** Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja

** Indian Fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius

** Niobe Fritillary, Argynnis niobe

** 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

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 ).

* Silver-washed Fritillary to Essex-( ongoing, locally successful )

It is the foodplant of the Pearl bordered fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary and High Brown Fritillary butterfly.

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.

In 1909 he married Mabel Jane Hart Bowman and they had a third daughter Valezina, named after a form of the Silver-washed Fritillary.

Wildlife includes plants such as water horsetail, common spotted orchid ; and woodland butterflies including Eurasian White Admiral and Silver-washed Fritillary.

# REDIRECT Silver-washed Fritillary

A wide range of butterflies occurs here, including Silver-washed Fritillary and White Admiral.

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.

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 Niobe Fritillary ( Argynnis niobe ) 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.

Argynnis paphia is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palaearctic ecozone – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia and Japan.

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