Freija Fritillary

Boloria freija

Summary 2

Boloria freija, the Freija fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae with a circumboreal distribution. It occurs in bogs and tundra. Its range includes Northern Europe to the north of 60° N, occasionally more southern locations, the Urals, Siberia, the Russian Far East, mountains of northern Mongolia and Hokkaido, as well as North America, extending in the Rocky Mountains to 35° N. Larvae feed on Rubus chamaemorus, Dryas sp., Vaccinium uliginosum

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  1. (c) Mike V.A. Burrell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Mike V.A. Burrell
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boloria_freija

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