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title: "Queen of Spain Fritillary"
description: "Issoria lathonia — Insetos e aranhas. The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/queen-of-spain-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Queen of Spain Fritillary

> Issoria lathonia — Insetos e aranhas. The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Issoria lathonia*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados)
- iNaturalist observations: 37335
- Wikidata: [Q1126187](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1126187)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62766](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62766)

## Names

- en: Queen of Spain Fritillary
- de: Kleiner Perlmuttfalter
- es: Sofía
- fr: Petit nacré
- nl: Kleine parelmoervlinder
- pl: Dostojka latonia

## Countries with the most observations

IT (4557), DE (4549), ES (3575), FR (2811), DK (2520), PL (1834), CZ (1811), AT (1740), RU (1683), UA (1277), HU (1104), BG (716)

## Summary

The Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia) is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.

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

## Photo

![Queen of Spain Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/queen-of-spain-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stari Plativky · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/243688322

## Machine access

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