Marsh fritillary: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the marsh fritillary lives – recorded in 13 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Euphydryas aurinia
Group	Butterflies & moths
Found in	13 countries
Continents	Europe
Class	Insect
Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae

Where does the marsh fritillary live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the marsh fritillary in 13 countries and territories across Europe.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the marsh fritillary?

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is an insect in the order Lepidoptera and the family Nymphalidae, genus Euphydryas. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the marsh fritillary

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval stage lasts for approximately seven to eight months and includes a period of diapause over the winter. The larvae are dependent on the host food plant Succisa pratensis not only for feeding but also for hibernation, because silken webs are formed on the host plant as the gregarious larvae enter hibernation. Females lay eggs in batches on the host plant and are, like other batch-layers, selective about the location of oviposition because offspring survivorship levels for batch-layers are more tied to location selection than they are for single-egg layers.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Marsh fritillary (revision 1378740414), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q951377 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).