---
title: "Dark Green Fritillary"
description: "Argynnis aglaja — Owady i pająki. The dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/dark-green-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Dark Green Fritillary

> Argynnis aglaja — Owady i pająki. The dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Argynnis aglaja*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Łąki i pola)
- iNaturalist observations: 15784
- iNaturalist taxon: [1456607](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1456607)

## Names

- en: Dark Green Fritillary
- de: Großer Perlmuttfalter
- es: Nacarada Aglaja
- fr: Grand nacré

## Countries with the most observations

GB (1921), IT (1748), FR (1670), RU (1186), ES (1063), FI (817), DE (585), CH (505), AT (469), SE (451), DK (299), CZ (260)

## Summary

The dark green fritillary (Speyeria aglaja) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic realm - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.

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

## Photo

![Dark Green Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/dark-green-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: uusijani · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1456607

## Machine access

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