Butterfly of the Year - 2020!

Photo VikipeediA
Estonian text posted 13.01.2020

Marsh fritillary, photo Le Loup Gris

Marsh fritillary       Teelehe-mosaiikliblikas       Euphydryas aurinia

So we have reason to introduce the marsh fritillary more in detail at the end of May.The butterfly of this year belongs to the Nymphalidae family of butterflies and occurs locally; it is not rare but not numereous. It is worthwhile to be observant.

When can you meet the imagos? It hibernates as a larva. The flight period of the imagos is form the end of May to the end of June. In Estonia the larva may certainly be found on devil’s bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) but also on the field scabious..

Due to intense agriculture the species has become extinct locally in some parts of Central Europe. 
So there is reason to introduce the marsh fritillary more in detail at the end of May.