Glanville fritillary

English

Etymology

Named after Lady Eleanor Glanville, English butterfly enthusiast, who captured specimens in Lincolnshire during the 1690s.

Noun

Glanville fritillary (plural Glanville fritillaries)

An orange and brown chequered butterfly with distinctive cream and orange underwing pattern, Melitaea cinxia, of the family Nymphalidae.

Translations

butterfly

Russian: ша́шечница ци́нксия f (šášečnica cínksija), ша́шечница обыкнове́нная f (šášečnica obyknovénnaja)

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