Uncompahgre fritillary
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The Uncompahgre fritillary butterfly (Boloria improba acrocnema) is a species of butterfly in the Order Lepidoptera: Family Nymphalidae that is endemic to Colorado, USA.[1]
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Uncompahgre fritillary | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Boloria |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | B. i. acrocnema |
Trinomial name | |
Boloria improba acrocnema Gall & Sperling, 1980 |
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Discovered in the summer of 1978, the Uncompahgre fritillary was first described as a subspecies of Boloria improba, commonly known as the dingy fritillary[2] but further genetic data supported classifying them as a full species.[3]