Fabriciana is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, commonly found in Europe and Asia. The genus was erected by T. Reuss (T. Reuß) in 1920.
Taxonomy This taxon used to be considered a subgenus of Argynnis, but has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
Species Listed alphabetically: Image Scientific name Distribution Fabriciana adippe (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) – high brown fritillary Europe and throughout Asia and Africa Fabriciana argyrospilata (Kotzsch, 1938) Afghanistan, the western Pamirs, Pakistan, and northwest India Fabriciana auresiana (Fruhstorfer, 1908) Morocco Fabriciana elisa (Godart, ) – Corsican fritillary Corsica and Sardinia Fabriciana hallasanensis Okano, 1998 Korea Fabriciana jainadeva (Moore, 1864) India Fabriciana kamala (Moore, 1857) Himalayas, Tibet, Kashmir and Kashmir - northwest India Fabriciana nerippe (C. & R. Felder, 1862) Japan, Korea, China Fabriciana niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) – Niobe fritillary the United Kingdom and Northern Europe, and is also found in Siberia, Russia, Iran, China, and Korea Fabriciana vorax (Butler, 1871) Japan, Korea, Northeast and Central China Fabriciana xipe (Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) China, Mongolia and Korea.
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