Silver-bordered fritillary

Dark-bordered fritillary
Boloria myrina atrocostalis in Aroostook County, Maine.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
B. myrina
Binomial name
Boloria myrina

The Silver-bordered fritillary, Boloria myrina, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Previously classified under a single species, B. myrina was determined to be a distinct species from B. selene through genomic sequencing.[1]

Boloria myrina atrocostalis, known as the dark-bordered fritillary,[2] is a subspecies inhabiting North America.

Status

The dark-bordered fritillary is classified by NatureServe as Imperiled in Oregon and Vulnerable in both Washington and Yukon[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gatrelle, Ronald R. (2022). Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. Vol. 10. Goose Creek, SC: International Lepidoptera Survey. p. 20.
  2. ↑ "Dark-bordered Fritillary (Subspecies Boloria myrina atrocostalis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ↑ Cite error: The named reference NatureServe was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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