Fluturat e Shqipërisë
Butterflies of Albania

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Last update: 14.iv.2024

Boloria titania / Titania's Fritillary
Titania
Nymphalidae - Heliconiinae

Boloria titania (Esper [1793]). TL: Piedmont.

1a. Boloria titania, distribution map. Historical data ; Additional data from the 2018 update ; New observations since the 2018 update.
1b. Boloria titania ♂ upperside. Çerem, Albania (© Jurgen Couckuyt)
1c. Boloria titania ♀ underside. Çerem, Albania (© Jurgen Couckuyt)
1d. Boloria titania ♂ underside. Çerem, Albania (© Jurgen Couckuyt)
1e. Habitat of Boloria titania. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1f. Habitat of Boloria titania. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1g. Boloria titania ♂ upperside. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1h. Boloria titania ♂ underside. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1i. Boloria titania ♀ upperside. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)
1j. Boloria titania ♀ underside. Çerem, Albania (© Sylvain Cuvelier)

Description
♂♂
Medium size butterfly. Fw: 21-24 mm.
Ups: fiery orange gc, heavy black markings.
Unh: purple brown gc, marbled.
♀♀
Larger size.
Ups: paler gc.
Uns: darker purple-brown gc, more contrasted markings.

Similar species

Boloria dia Size:smaller Boloria. Unh: violet-brown gc. Unh: silvery discal spots in s1c, s4, s7. Boloria euphrosyne Size:slightly smaller Boloria. Unh: sandy-red gc, yellow discal band. Unh: prominent silvery marginal spots. Boloria graeca Size:smaller Boloria. Unf: well marked, small black spots. Unh: yellowish-red gc. Unh: prominent pupilled pd spots. Boloria pales Size:smaller Boloria. Unf: poorly marked, small black spots. Unh: yellowish-red gc. Unh: incomplete or absent pd spots.

Life cycle
Adults: single generation from June to early August.
Egg: probably short stage.
Caterpillar: overwintering as L1 larva.
Pupa: short stage.

Habitat
Boloria titania inhabits moist grasslands in light woodland and forest clearings from 1200 up to 1700 m a.s.l.
Spatial requirement considerable, population density can be high.

Foodplants
Caterpillars feed on Viola canina, V. reichenbachiana and V. riviniana, also mentioned is Polygonum bistorta.
Butterflies feed on a large variety of flowers.

Distribution
Albania: very local in the Northern Albanian Alps (more research needed) and at the southern limit of its distribution range in the Balkan peninsula.
Balkan: AL - BG - BIH - GR - HR - NMK - MNE - RKS - RO* - SLO* - SRB
Europe: IB - IT* - ALP - BAL - NWE - UK - SCA* - EEU*
Not at all present in Asia Minor, Near East, Transcaucasia, Caucasus and further east (except temperate Asia)

Conservation status
Boloria titania is not endangered, at the southern limit of its European range in the Balkan peninsula.
Albanian Red List: VU.
IUCN Red List, category at the Mediterranean level: LC.

Useful links
Pyrgus.de
Lepiforum
Euroleps

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