Boloria selene
Boloria selene (Denis & Schiffermüller), 1775
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Bolorianative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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70
Plants
visited
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79
Interactions
documented
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5
Host plants
known
About this species
Boloria selene is a fritillary butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae.
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Host plantVisited plants
Yearly cycle
The yearly cycle is flexible, with overwintering as a larva or pupa.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
flexible
Overwintering
larva/pupa
Scientific profile
Voltinism is flexible, with one or two generations per year depending on conditions. The larval food range is oligophagous. Overwintering takes place as a larva or pupa. In Germany it is classed as Near Threatened on the national Red List.
Host plants
5 plants serve as food for the larvae
Visited plants
65 plants are visited by this species
Vicia villosa subsp. villosaVicia sylvaticaPilosella officinarumVicia sepiumAsclepias syriacaRanunculus linguaRubus idaeusHyacinthoides non-scriptaPotentilla reptansCirsium dissectumTrifolium campestrePrunella vulgarisPotentilla erecta subsp. erectaVicia craccaCardamine pratensisRanunculus acris subsp. friesianusLotus corniculatus subsp. hirsutusRanunculus flammulaVicia lutea subsp. luteaCirsium heterophyllumFicaria vernaViola hirtaCarduus tenuiflorusTrifolium repens subsp. repensCirsium acauleSilene flos-cuculiViola arvensisGalium saxatileCentranthus ruberPotentilla anserinaRanunculus aquatilisVicia sativa subsp. nigraCirsium tuberosumCarduus nutans subsp. nutansCalluna vulgarisViola odorataLophiolepis eriophoraRanunculus bulbosus subsp. bulbosusComarum palustreRanunculus repensCirsium arvenseViola tricolorRubus fruticosusDactylorhiza majalis subsp. majalisThymus praecoxAjuga reptansErica tetralixdactylorhiza maculataViola rivinianaCirsium vulgare subsp. vulgare
Sources & data origin
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
•Foto: Philipp Eckardt
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