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		© Roger Key
Family	Nymphalidae
Sub Family
Description	includes the 'fritillaries' and Monarch butterfly
Background to Family	A family of often striking and popular insects, which includes residents, breeding migrants, and a vagrant (the Monarch, Danaus plexippus, which was in the former family Danaidae). Numerous species in the Apaturinae use common nettle, Urtica dioica, and its relatives as foodplants, whereas the fritillaries (Argynninae) mainly feed on violets, Viola spp. Some caterpillars feed gregariously and form a silken web or tent (Aglais, Inachis, Euphydryas, Melitaea), while others may conceal themselves, at particular points in their development, by tying leaves (Limenitis, Vanessa).
		© Roger Key
No. taxa in DBIF	41
No. interactions	324
% interactions with British data	76%
No. records	621
% taxa with British data	98%
Notes	Old data currently unassessed by a specialist for changes in nomenclature, errors in original sources, and misspellings. Most recent update from Asher et al (2001). The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland, OUP.; Note: in some classifications, the Nymphalidae also includes the ‘browns’ as a sub-family (Satyrinae), although they tend to be treated at family level in Great Britain.;
Notes on Sources
Most recent source	2001

Below is a list of all sources for this family / sub-family contained within DBIF. Click on source name for a list of all records for this source.


Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:120
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:114
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:105
Source	Luckens, C.J.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 229-234:231
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :38
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:108
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:11
Source	Dennis, R.L.H. (1977) The British Butterflies their Origin and Establishment 1-318:302
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:110
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:110
Source	Pratt, C.(1987) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 0099 0021-0027:22
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:98
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 18
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :41
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 15
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:102
Source	Watson, A.(1979) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 91 233-233:233
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:111
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:104
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :32
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:109
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:92
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:114
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:130
Source	Luckens, C.J.(1986) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 98 51-56:52
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:116
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:97
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:100
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 16
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:132
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :34
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:99
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:129
Source	Gardiner, B.O.C.(1987) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 99 161-168:164
Source	Warren, M.S.(1986) Entomologist's Gaz. 37:2 65-67:66
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:100
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:106
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :40
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :11
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :10
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:101
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:100
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:86
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :36
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:90
Source	Noble, K. (1975) Working draft of "The Natural foodplants of Macrolepidoptera larvae in Britain, Part II." Field Studies Council :9
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:13
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :37
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :44
Source	Rowland-Brown, H.(1907) Entomologist 40 292-293:292
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:98
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 17
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:126
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:107
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:121
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :39
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:125
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:90
Source	Porter, J. (1997) The Colour Identification Guide to Caterpillars of the British Isles. 1-154, 14
Source	Dennis, R.L.H. (1977) The British Butterflies their Origin and Establishment 1-318:301
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:112
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :35
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:104
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :33
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:128
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:103
Source	Warren, M.S., Thomas, C.D. & Thomas, J.A.(1984) Biol. Conserv. 29:4 287-305:296
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:117
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :45
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:111
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:106
Source	Asher, J. (2001). The Millenium Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland.
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:112
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :43
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:118
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:127
Source	Allan, P.B.M. (1949) Larval foodplants 1-126:12
Source	Gardiner, B.O.C.(1987) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 99 161-168:163
Source	Blab, J. & Kudrna, O. (1982) Hilfsprogramm fur Schmetterlinge 1-135:106
Source	Luckens, C.J.(1980) Entomologist's Rec. J. Var. 92 229-234:229
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:102
Source	Skelton, M.J. & Heath, J. (1975) Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera :42
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:119
Source	Heath, J., Pollard, E. & Thomas, J. (1984) Atlas of Butterflies in Britain and Ireland 1-158:94
Source	Howarth, T.G. (1973) South's British Butterflies 1-210:123

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