Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Common names

🇬🇧 Silver-washed Fritillary
🇫🇷 Tabac d’Espagne, Nacré vert, Barre argentée, Empereur

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Tribe: Argynnini
Subtribe: Argynnina
Genus: Argynnis
Species: Argynnis paphia

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Photographs

img/argynnis-paphia.webp — Argynnis paphia ♂ foraging on a flower of Origanum vulgare

img/argynnis-paphia-2.webp — Argynnis paphia ♂

Sources

van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Sasic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M., & Settele, J. (2010). Argynnis paphia (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/174442/7072657