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title: "Meadow Fritillary"
description: "Boloria bellona — Insetti e ragni. Boloria bellona, the meadow fritillary, is a North American butterfly in the brushfoot family, Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/meadow-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Meadow Fritillary

> Boloria bellona — Insetti e ragni. Boloria bellona, the meadow fritillary, is a North American butterfly in the brushfoot family, Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Boloria bellona*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 9581
- Wikidata: [Q28932748](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28932748)
- iNaturalist taxon: [58564](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/58564)

## Names

- en: Meadow Fritillary
- fr: Boloria des prés

## Countries with the most observations

US (7674), CA (1350)

## Summary

Boloria bellona, the meadow fritillary, is a North American butterfly in the brushfoot family, Nymphalidae. The common name, meadow fritillary, is also used for a European butterfly species, Melitaea parthenoides.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: John Dziak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89073272

## Machine access

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