Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly
Taken at Gullane on 8th July 2018 using Nikon D5200 with Sigma 600 mm zoom lens.
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Female
Taken at Insh Marshes on 23rd July 2010 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
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Female underside.
Taken at Torr Alvie on 14th July 2011 using Nikon D40X with Nikon 300 mm zoom lens.
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Dark Green Fritillary Butterfly.
Species:
Order:
Family:		 Argynnis aglaja.
Lepidoptera.
Nymphalidae.
Larval Food:
Adult Food:
Wingspan:
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Flies/Found:

Eggs:
 Common Dog-violet, Hairy Violet and Marsh Violet.
Adults feed primarily on the nectar of Thistles and Knapweeds.
58 - 68 mm.
Pastures and flowery banks, and nearby areas where the preferred foodplants for the larvae, grow.
Adults generally emerge in the middle of June, reaching a peak in early July. There is one generation each year.
Eggs are laid either directly on the foodplant, or on a suitable platform nearby, such as a twig, grass stem or dead leaf. Eggs are yellow when first laid but turn a dark purple after a few days and, eventually, a dark grey just before the larva emerges. This stage lasts between 2 and 3 weeks.