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title: "Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary"
description: "Boloria selene — Insetti e ragni. Boloria selene, known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/eurasian-silver-bordered-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary

> Boloria selene — Insetti e ragni. Boloria selene, known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Boloria selene*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 9993
- Wikidata: [Q901373](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q901373)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54068](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54068)

## Names

- en: Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary
- de: Braunfleckiger Perlmutterfalter
- es: Perlada Castaña
- fr: Petit collier argenté
- nl: Zilveren maan
- pl: Dostojka selene

## Countries with the most observations

RU (1411), GB (1030), FI (807), DE (659), FR (521), IT (488), ES (372), DK (362), LT (322), AT (279), PL (259), UA (226)

## Summary

Boloria selene, known in Europe as the small pearl-bordered fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found across Europe, Asia and North America, and feeds exclusively on violets in its larval stages. This species prefers wet grassland habitats, where its larval food source, violets, are found. It overwinters in its larval stage, and eggs hatch in the late summer to early autumn. Members of this species are prey for multiple types of birds and other insects.
Due to modern agriculture, most of the grassland habitats that sustain Boloria selene are fragmented or lost all together in favor…

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

## Photo

![Eurasian Silver-bordered Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eurasian-silver-bordered-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Milan Pippert · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/293182671

## Machine access

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