Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)
Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)

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Weaver's Fritillary (Boloria dia)


Photo © Martin Warren
FamilyNymphalidae
SubfamilyHeliconiinae
GenusBoloria
Speciesdia
Authority(Linnaeus, 1767)
English NameWeaver's Fritillary
European Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2010Least Concern (LC)
European Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
EU 27 Red List 2025Least Concern (LC)
Habitats Directive
Bern Convention
CITES

Description

In the northern part of its range, the Weaver’s Fritillary can be found on warm slopes with open woodland, scrub, and flower-rich grassland. More to the south, it is also found in damp, shady places. It can be very common in a traditional South-European agricultural landscape. The eggs are laid singly on various violets (Viola spp.). The caterpillars hibernate when half-grown in the litter layer. They pupate deep down in the vegetation. Weaver’s Fritillary has two to three broods a year.

Distribution

Albania / Andorra / Austria / Belarus / Belgium / Belgium: Flanders (Irregular Vagrant) / Belgium: Wallonia / Bosnia and Herzegovina / Bulgaria / Croatia / Czechia / Denmark (Regionally Extinct) / Estonia / France / France: Mainland / Germany / Greece / Greece: Mainland / Hungary / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Latvia / Liechtenstein / Lithuania / Luxembourg / North Macedonia / Moldova / Montenegro / Netherlands (Irregular Vagrant) / Poland / Portugal / Portugal: Mainland / Romania / European Russia / San Marino / Serbia / Serbia: Serbia / Serbia: Kosovo / Slovakia / Slovenia / Spain / Spain: Mainland / Switzerland / European Türkiye / Ukraine /

Larval Foodplants

#OrderFamilyGenusSpeciesVernacular NameLink
1MalpighialesViolaceaeViolacaninaHeath Dog-violet
2MalpighialesViolaceaeViolahirtaHairy Violet
3MalpighialesViolaceaeViolaodorataSweet Violet
4MalpighialesViolaceaeViolareichenbachianaEarly Dog-violet
5MalpighialesViolaceaeViolarivinianaCommon Dog-violet
6MalpighialesViolaceaeViolatricolorWild Pansy
7RosalesRosaceaeRubusidaeusRaspberry