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Dark-bordered fritillary

Dark-bordered fritillary
Boloria myrina atrocostalis in Aroostook County, Maine.

Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Boloria
Species:
Subspecies:
B. m. atrocostalis
Trinomial name
Boloria myrina atrocostalis
(Huard, 1927)

Boloria myrina atrocostalis, known as the dark-bordered fritillary,[2] is a subspecies of the silver-bordered fritillary (Boloria myrina) inhabiting North America. Previously classified under a single species, B. myrina was determined to be a distinct species from B. selene through genomic sequencing.[3]

  1. ^ "Boloria myrina atrocostalis". NatureServe Explorer 2.0. The Nature Conservancy. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  2. ^ "Dark-bordered Fritillary (Subspecies Boloria myrina atrocostalis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
  3. ^ Gatrelle, Ronald R. (2022). Taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. Vol. 10. Goose Creek, SC: International Lepidoptera Survey. p. 20.

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