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title: "Marsh Fritillary"
description: "Euphydryas aurinia — Insects & spiders. The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/marsh-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marsh Fritillary

> Euphydryas aurinia — Insects & spiders. The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Euphydryas aurinia*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows), `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 13278
- Wikidata: [Q951377](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951377)
- iNaturalist taxon: [207956](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/207956)

## Names

- en: Marsh Fritillary
- de: Goldener Scheckenfalter
- es: Doncella de Ondas Rojas
- fr: Damier de la succise
- nl: Moerasparelmoervlinder
- pl: Przeplatka aurinia

## Countries with the most observations

ES (3273), FR (1900), PT (1399), IT (1242), DE (673), GB (632), RU (451), CH (230), AT (214), TR (210), DK (124), HR (123)

## Summary

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Commonly distributed in the Palearctic region, the marsh fritillary's common name derives from one of its several habitats, marshland. The prolonged larval stage lasts for approximately seven to eight months and includes a period of diapause over the winter. The larvae are dependent on the host food plant Succisa pratensis not only for feeding but also for hibernation, because silken webs are formed on the host plant as the gregarious larvae enter hibernation. Females lay eggs in batches on the host plant and are, like other batch…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marsh_fritillary

## Photo

![Marsh Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marsh-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Harukano · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/278698593

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/marsh-fritillary?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).