Weaver's fritillary
Weaver's fritillary is a small orange butterfly with a black chequered pattern on top. Under its back wings it has a purple band and shiny silver spots. It flies low over sunny clearings and visits lots of flowers.
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Fun facts
It is the smallest butterfly in its group of fritillaries, with front wings only about 1.6 centimetres long.
At night it sleeps hanging on flowering heather, where its purple underside blends in with the tiny flowers.
It has two families a year, one flying in April and May and another from August.
It is not found in Britain, and the few found there probably arrived by accident.
Most asked questions about Weaver's fritillary
?What does Weaver's fritillary eat?
The butterflies drink nectar, and the caterpillars mostly eat violet leaves.
?Where does Weaver's fritillary live?
In Europe and across Asia to Mongolia, but not in Britain.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Boloria dia
- Named by
- Linnaeus, 1767
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Nymphalidae
- Lives on
- Europe, Asia
- Also known as
- Violet fritillary
Where the facts come from
- Boloria dia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Hectonichus. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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