Nymphalidae Heliconiinae Argynnini Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) aglaja Argynnis (Pandoriana) pandora
Argynnis (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi Oberthür, 1920
 

Genus: Argynnis Fabricius, 1807   Subgenus: Mesoacidalia Reuss, 1926   Original genus: Argynnis Fabricius, 1807

Regarded by some authors as a subspecies of Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)

A. (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult ssp. excelsior (Rothschild, 1933), Djebel Tisirene, 1400 m, Rif, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
A. (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult ssp. excelsior (Rothschild, 1933), Djebel Tisirene, 1400 m, Rif, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
A. (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult ssp. lyauteyi (Oberthür, 1920), Ifrane, Moyen Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)
A. (Mesoacidalia) lyauteyi (© Michel Tarrier)
Adult ssp. lyauteyi (Oberthür, 1920), Ifrane, Moyen Atlas, Morocco
(Photo by Michel Tarrier, Les Papillons, mémoire vive du Maroc)

Foodplants:
Viola

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