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title: "High Brown Fritillary"
description: "Argynnis adippe — Insetti e ragni. The high brown fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/high-brown-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# High Brown Fritillary

> Argynnis adippe — Insetti e ragni. The high brown fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan.

- Scientific name: *Argynnis adippe*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 12339
- Wikidata: [Q119699](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q119699)
- iNaturalist taxon: [70105](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/70105)

## Names

- en: High Brown Fritillary
- de: Feuriger Perlmuttfalter
- es: Puntos azules
- fr: Moyen nacré
- pl: Dostojka adype

## Countries with the most observations

RU (2300), DE (1297), IT (1091), FR (881), ES (803), FI (788), AT (641), CZ (401), CH (315), SE (220), PL (195), UA (191)

## Summary

The high brown fritillary (Fabriciana adippe) is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. It is known for being Great Britain's most threatened butterfly and is listed as a vulnerable species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Like other fritillaries it is dependent on warm climates with violet-rich flora.

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

## Photo

![High Brown Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/high-brown-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179375534

## Machine access

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