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Wingspan
♂ 72 - 76 mm, ♀ 80 - 84 mm
Checklist Number
59.018
Two sightings of this species, also known as the Cardinal, have been recorded - a female in a valley near Tintagel in East Cornwall in August 1911, and another female at Durdle Door, Lulworth, Dorset on 13th August 1969. This species is considered a very rare immigrant that is, undoubtedly, mistaken for a Silver-washed Fritillary and is therefore under-recorded.
This species was first defined in Denis & Schiffermüller (1775) as shown here (type locality: Vienna, Austria).
| Family: | Nymphalidae | Rafinesque, 1815 |
| Subfamily: | Heliconiinae | Swainson, 1827 |
| Tribe: | Argynnini | Swainson, 1833 |
| Genus: | Argynnis | Fabricius, 1807 |
| Subgenus: | Pandoriana | Warren, 1942 |
| Species: | pandora | ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) |
Description to be completed.
This distribution status of this species is unknown.
| 1.3 Vagrant |
Description to be completed.
No conservation action is relevant for this species.
Description to be completed.
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