Brenthis

Short description: Genus of brush-footed butterflies

Brenthis

Brenthis daphne
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Nymphalidae
Tribe:  | Argynnini
Genus:  | Brenthis
Hübner, 1819

Brenthis is a butterfly genus of the family Nymphalidae.

## Species

Caterpillar | Butterfly | Scientific name | Distribution

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| 120px | Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – marbled fritillary | Europe (northern Spain, southern France, Germany, Italy, and eastwards to Slovakia and Greece), to the Caucasus, western Siberia, Korea and Japan
|  | Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – twin-spot fritillary | south-western Europe, Lithuania, southern Russia, the Balkans, Asia Minor, Iran and Central Asia.
| 120px | Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) – lesser marbled fritillary | Europe, Siberia, temperate Asia, northern China and Japan.
|  | Brenthis mofidii Wyatt, 1969 | Iran.

## References

* BioLib.cz
* "Brenthis Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

## External links

* Images representing Brenthis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
* Images representing Brenthis at Encyclopedia of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q636723 entry

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