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Fritillaries
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Fritillaries

Argynnini

Argynnini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has also been classified as subtribe Argynnina of the Heliconiini, or even as a distinct subfamily Argynninae in the Nymphalidae. This group has roughly 30 species in North America with other species distributed worldwide.

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6 branches of this tribe, most-observed first

Greater Fritillaries

genusArgynnis

Euptoieta

genusEuptoieta

Lesser Fritillaries

genusBoloria

Issoria

genusIssoria

Brenthis

genusBrenthis

Yramea

genusYramea

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Where it lives

Recorded sightings

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 134168.