Fabriciana adippe, the high brown fritillary, is a large and brightly colored butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, native to Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. It is known for being Great Britain's most threatened butterfly and is listed as a vulnerable species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. Like other fritillaries it is dependent on warm climates with violet rich flora.
This butterfly has many subspecies that span across Europe and throughout Asia and Africa, given that there are temperate temperatures in those regions. Northern Europe has seen a severe decline in fritillary population but it is still relatively abundant in other parts of Europe.
There are two main habitats that support high brown fritillary populations: bracken and limestone outcrops. Bracken habitats are usually at lower altitudes in open fields and are found across the fritillarys complete range, usually facing in a southern direction. Their flora is not very diverse, and is limited to common ivies, tormentil, wood anemone and violets. Breeding areas are bracken dominated, with dead bracken leaves littering the ground. Grassy areas often intersperse these habitats.
In spring, habitat covered in dead bracken typically also has less dense grass cover, allowing the temperature in these areas to be significantly higher than surrounding areas. Increased temperature allows larvae to mature more quickly here, making bracken-rich habitats favorable breeding sites.
Limestone outcropping habitats are specific to Great Britain, especially to the limestone soils of the Morecambe Bay. These outcrops are usually created by human intervention and land management. Breeding persists on limestone soil or near bracken. Throughout the rest of Great Britain populations are restricted to thick Bracken clumps.
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Der Feurige Perlmuttfalter (Fabriciana adippe, Syn.: Argynnis adippe) ist ein Schmetterling (Tagfalter) aus der Familie der Edelfalter (Nymphalidae). Er wird in der deutschsprachigen Literatur auch als Adippe-Perlmutterfalter, Feuriger Perlmutterfalter, Feuriger Waldhügelland-Perlmutterfalter, Märzveilchenfalter, Märzveilchen-Perlmutterfalter und Hundsveilchen-Perlmutterfalter bezeichnet.
Der Falter ist ausgesprochen vagil und tritt oft weit entfernt von seinen Larvenhabitaten auf. Häufig auf Magerrasen aber auch an offenen Waldrändern, Lichtungen, waldnahe Streuwiesen und Moore.
Er ist in Deutschland relativ selten anzutreffen und steht auf der roten Liste 3
Perlmutter suchen verschiedene Pflanzen zum Trinken von Nektar auf, darunter unter anderem die Wilde Karde (Dipsacus fullonum), der Gewöhnliche Wasserdost (Eupatorium cannabinum), Disteln (Carduus und Cirsium) und Rot-Klee (Trifolium pratense).
Verschiedene Veilchen-Arten (Viola) sind die wichtigste Nahrungsquelle für die Raupen von Perlmutterfaltern der Gattung Argynnis.
aus verschiedenen Quellen, darunter die wikipedia de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuriger_Perlmuttfalter und nrw.nabu.de/tiere-und-pflanzen/aktionen-und-projekte/tagf...
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