Brenthis

Brenthis
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
		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