Brenthis
Genus of brush-footed butterflies
| Brenthis | |
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| Brenthis daphne | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Argynnini |
| Genus: | Brenthis Hübner, 1819 |
Brenthis is a butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae.
Species
| Caterpillar | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution |
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 |  | Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – marbled fritillary | Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy, and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), to the Caucasus, western Siberia, Korea and Japan |
 | Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – twin-spot fritillary | south-western Europe, Lithuania, southern Russia, the Balkans, Asia Minor, Iran and Central Asia. | |
 |  | Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) – lesser marbled fritillary | Europe, Siberia, temperate Asia, northern China and Japan. |
| Brenthis mofidii Wyatt, 1969 | Iran. |
References
- BioLib.cz
- "Brenthis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
- Images representing Brenthis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images representing Brenthis at Encyclopedia of Life
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