Falklands fritillary

plural Falklands fritillaries

1. A butterfly found in the Falkland Islands, of species (Yramea cytheris).

   One specimen of the Queen of the Falklands Fritillary butterfly was seen briefly on 12 January in bright sunshine.

   1997, Robin Woods, Nick Woods, “Middle Island & Motley Island Nature Reserves: Report on field survey work in January 1997”, in Falklands Conservation

   5 more examples

   One of the areas most attractive and scarce inhabitants is the tiny Falkland fritillary butterfly which flies 3-4" above ground on the rare occasions when the sun is out and the wind is blowing less than a gale!

   1982, “Some Notes From the Falklands”, in Bulletin of the Amateur Entomologists' Society, Feltham, England: Amateur Entomologists' Society, →ISSN, page 174

   A speeies of butterfly which is fairly common to certain parts of the islands both on the West and East Falklands is the Queen of the Falkland fritillary (Issoria cytheris cytheris).

   1987, Ian Strange, The Falkland Islands and Their Natural History, Newton Abbot, England: David & Charles, page 129

   Little rusty butterflies — the endemic Falkland fritillaries — jigged along close to the turf, as if fearful that a change in the weather could blow them away from their islands forever.

   1989, Sylvia Sullivan, The RSPB Book of the Birdwatching Year, Calgary, Alberta: Equation, →ISBN, page 207

   Or alternatively, but less plausibly, there could be a small breeding population on the islands which migrates to South America during the winter. Larger than the Falkland Fritillary and has a much swifter zig-zag flight.

   1992, Ian Strange, A Field Guide to the Wildlife of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 159

   I was blessed with two fine days in 1990 on Carcass Island and I was able to see the Falkland Fritillary in full flight in the more sheltered parts of the island.

   1992, D.A. Oram, “The Falkland Islands ⁠— An Entomological Snapshop”, in The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation, volume 104, Brentwood, England: Cravitz Printing Company, →ISSN, page 132