This is a list of species of butterfly with the common name fritillary. The term fritillary refers to the chequered markings on the wings, usually black on orange, and derives from the Latin fritillus, meaning dice-box (or, according to some sources, a chequerboard); the fritillary flower, with its chequered markings, has the same derivation.[1] Most fritillaries belong to the family of Nymphalidae, within which are several genera whose species are nearly all called fritillaries: Argynnis, Boloria, Speyeria (the greater fritillaries), Euphydryas, Melitaea, and Agraulis.
| Common name | Latin name | Distribution | Image |
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| Adiaste fritillary | Speyeria adiaste | North America | 
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| Aetherie fritillary | Melitaea aetherie | Africa | _Melitaea_aetherie_aetherie_-_Scillato_Sicile_-_male_dorsal.jpg){kind=small}
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| African leopard fritillary | Phalanta eurytis | Africa | |
| Alberta fritillary | Boloria alberta | North America | |
| Aphrodite fritillary | Speyeria aphrodite | North America | 
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| Assmann's fritillary | Melitaea britomartis | Europe, Asia | 
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| Astarte fritillary | Boloria astarte | North America | |
| Atlantis fritillary | Speyeria atlantis | North America | 
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| Balkan fritillary | Boloria graeca | Europe | 
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| Baluchi fritillary | Melitaea robertsi | Asia | 
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| Beringian fritillary | Boloria natazhati | North America | |
| Blackvein fritillary | Melitaea arcesia | Asia | 
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| Bog fritillary | Boloria eunomia | North America | 
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| Callippe fritillary | Speyeria callippe | North America | 
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| Caribbean false fritillary | Anetia pantheratus | Caribbean | |
| Cranberry fritillary | Boloria aquilonaris | Europe | 
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| Crescent spot fritillary | Anthanassa texana | North America | 
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| Cryptic fritillary | Boloria natazhati | North America | |
| Dark green fritillary | Argynnis aglaja | Europe, Asia | 
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| Desert fritillary | Melitaea deserticola | Africa, Asia | 
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| Diana fritillary | Speyeria diana | North America | 
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| Dingy fritillary | Boloria improba | Europe, North America | 
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| Duke of Burgundy fritillary | Hamearis lucina | Europe | 
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| Edwards' fritillary | Speyeria edwardsii | North America | 
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| Egleis fritillary | Speyeria egleis | North America | 
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| European meadow fritillary | Melitaea parthenoides | Europe | 
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| False fritillary | Pseudargynnis | Africa | 
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| False heath fritillary | Melitaea diamina | Europe | 
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| Forest leopard fritillary | Phalanta eurytis | Africa | |
| Freija fritillary | Boloria freija | Europe, North America | 
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| Freyer's fritillary | Melitaea arduinna | Europe, Asia | 
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| Frigga fritillary | Boloria frigga | Europe/North America/Asia | 
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| Glanville fritillary | Melitaea cinxia | Europe/North America/Asia | 
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| Great Basin fritillary | Speyeria egleis | North America |
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| Great spangled fritillary | Speyeria cybele | North America | 
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| Grisons fritillary | Melitaea varia | Europe | 
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| Gulf fritillary | Agraulis vanillae | North and South America | 
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| Heath fritillary | Melitaea athalia | Europe, Asia | 
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| High brown fritillary | Fabriciana adippe | Europe, Asia | .JPG){kind=small}
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| Hydaspe fritillary | Speyeria hydaspe | North America | 
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| Indian fritillary | Argynnis hyperbius | Asia | 
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| Knapweed fritillary | Melitaea phoebe | Europe/Asia/North America | 
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| Lesser false fritillary | Anetia briarea | Caribbean | |
| Lesser marbled fritillary | Brenthis ino | Asia, Europe | 
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| Lesser spotted fritillary | Melitaea trivia | Europe/Asia/ North America | 
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| Little fritillary | Melitaea asteria | Europe | |
| Marbled fritillary | Brenthis daphne | Europe, Asia | 
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| Marsh fritillary | Euphydryas aurinia | Europe, Asia | 
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| Meadow fritillary | Boloria bellona | North America | 
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| Meadow fritillary | Melitaea parthenoides | Europe |
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| Mexican fritillary | Euptoieta hegesia | America | _dorsal.jpg){kind=small}
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| Mountain fritillary | Boloria napaea | Europe/North America/Asia | 
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| Nickerl's fritillary | Melitaea aurelia | Europe | 
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| Niobe fritillary | Argynnis niobe | Europe, Asia | .jpg){kind=small}
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| Northwestern fritillary | Speyeria hesperis | North America | |
| Pacific fritillary | Boloria epithore | North America | 
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| Pallas' fritillary | Argynnis laodice | Europe, Asia | .jpg){kind=small}
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| Pearl-bordered fritillary | Boloria euphrosyne | Europe, Asia | .jpg){kind=small}
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| Pleistocene fritillary | Boloria natazhati | North America | |
| Polaris fritillary | Boloria polaris | Europe, America | |
| Provençal fritillary | Melitaea deione | Europe, Africa | 
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| Purplish fritillary | Boloria chariclea | Europe, North America | 
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| Queen of Spain fritillary | Issoria lathonia | Europe | 
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| Red-band fritillary | Melitaea didyma | Europe/Asia/Africa | 
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| Regal fritillary | Speyeria idalia | North America | 
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| Scarce fritillary | Euphydryas maturna | Europe | 
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| Shepherd's fritillary | Boloria pales | Europe, Asia | 
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| Silver-washed fritillary | Argynnis paphia | Europe/Africa/Asia | 
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| Small pearl-bordered fritillary | Boloria selene | Europe/Asia/North America | 
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| Spotted fritillary | Melitaea didyma | Europe/Africa/Asia |
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| Thor's fritillary | Boloria thore | Europe, Asia | _Boloria_thore_-_Val_Genova_Trentino_Italie-_male_-_dorsal.jpg){kind=small}
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| Titania's fritillary | Boloria titania | Europe, Asia | 
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| Twin-spot fritillary | Brenthis hecate | Europe, Asia | 
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| Uncompahgre fritillary | Boloria acrocnema | North America | |
| Unsilvered fritillary | Speyeria adiaste | North America |
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| Weaver's fritillary | Boloria dia | Europe | _dia.JPG){kind=small}
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| Zerene fritillary | Speyeria zerene | North America | 
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References
edit- ^ Shorter Oxford English dictionary. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. 2007. p. 3804. ISBN 0199206872.
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