Uncompahgre fritillary

Uncompahgre fritillary
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Boloria
Species:	B. acrocnema
Binomial name
	Boloria acrocnema; Gall & Sperling, 1980

The Uncompahgre fritillary (Boloria acrocnema) is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is often considered as a subspecies of Boloria improba, the dingy fritillary. It is endemic to the United States. It was discovered above tree-line at Uncompahgre Peak, located in Hinsdale County, Colorado, USA in 1978 by Larry Gall, Felix Sperling, Scott Graham, Kathleen Shaw, and Wendy Roberts working out of the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory.[1] It was thought to be on the edge of extinction, but a number of additional populations have been found and the early monitoring programs that detected small numbers were found to be inadequate. The population is still considered to be endangered.

References

Pfeiler, Edward (1980). "Boloria bellona(Fabricius) (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) from the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest". Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 67 (2): 143–144. doi:10.18473/lepi.v67i2.a6. ISSN 0024-0966 – via ResearchGate.

World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Boloria acrocnema 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Downloaded on 31 July 2007.

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[1] Pfeiler, Edward (1980). "Boloria bellona(Fabricius) (Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae) from the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest". Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society. 67 (2): 143–144. doi:10.18473/lepi.v67i2.a6. ISSN 0024-0966 – via ResearchGate.