High Brown Fritillary

Argynnis adippe

Rarest Butterflies confide to areas of Lancashire, Durham, South Wales & Devon.

Larvae are brown with a single longitudinal white stripe down the length of their body.

Their bodies are covered in brown spikes which aid in camouflaging them from predators as they move among dead fern fronds.

The Larvae feeds on Violets.

Its upper wings are orange with black markings and the undersides are colored a duller orange with white and brown markings.

While flying, it is very hard to distinguish from the Dark Green Fritillary which has many of the same markings.

The Male and Female share many of the same physical features.

Flight period is from June-August.