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Boloria alaskensis, the mountain fritillary or Alaskan fritillary, is a species of fritillary butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] It was described by William Jacob Holland in 1900 and is found in North America[2] and North European Russia. The MONA or Hodges number for Boloria alaskensis is 4462.[3][4] The larvae feed on false bistort (Polygonum bistortoides) and alpine smartweed (P. viviparum).[5]
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Boloria alaskensis | |
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alaskensis in Seitz | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Boloria |
Species: | B. alaskensis |
Binomial name | |
Boloria alaskensis (W. Holland, 1900) | |
It is very similar to Boloria pales.
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