Argynnis paphia
(Linnaeus, 1758) · speciesAt a glance
Sources9 archives
Databases and archives Argynnis paphia's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation12 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility675 454 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI233 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics212 specimens↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
The silver-washed fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a common and variable butterfly found over much of the Palearctic realm – Algeria, Europe, temperate Asia, and Japan.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Diet & foraging2
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Argynnis paphia has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Argynnis paphia carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type675 454 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions35 of 102 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| South Kensington, GB | 1 475 |
| DanishLepidopterologicalSocietylocation not on record | 855 |
| Helsinki, FI | 712 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 590 |
| Bern, CH | 502 |
| UMUlocation not on record | 502 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 283 |
| Tartu, EE | 186 |
| Zürich, CH | 154 |
| Salzburg, AT | 145 |
| Laboratorium voor Microbiologie der Landbouwhogeschoollocation not on record | 129 |
| Museum Ludovicae Ulricae, Zoology Institute of the University of Uppsalalocation not on record | 117 |
| NHMOlocation not on record | 113 |
| NMOKlocation not on record | 112 |
| Philadelphia, US | 98 |
| NCMGlocation not on record | 90 |
| Museum zu Allerheiligen Schaffhausenlocation not on record | 80 |
| Cambridge, US | 77 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 73 |
| ZMAAlocation not on record | 71 |
| Naturmuseum St. Gallenlocation not on record | 69 |
| Frauenfeld, CH | 63 |
| Tallinn, EE | 62 |
| Paro, BT | 58 |
| New Haven, US | 58 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 56 |
| KIRMlocation not on record | 45 |
| Muzeum Górnośląskie w Bytomiulocation not on record | 44 |
| Brussel, BE | 44 |
| Kuopio, FI | 42 |
| Dhaka, BD | 41 |
| Geneva, CH | 41 |
| Fribourg, CH | 37 |
| Jyväskylä, FI | 34 |
| Winterthur, CH | 33 |
| Edmonton, CA | 33 |
| Durban Natural Science Museumlocation not on record | 33 |
| Sanda, JP | 31 |
| Uniwersytet Łódzkilocation not on record | 26 |
| Sion, CH | 26 |
| Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiejlocation not on record | 25 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 23 |
| MZLUlocation not on record | 23 |
| Metsähallituslocation not on record | 22 |
| Gifu prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 21 |
| MUZOO - Musée d'histoire naturelle de La Chaux-de-Fondslocation not on record | 21 |
| Nijmegen, NL | 21 |
| Cleveland Museum of Natural History, OH (CLEV)location not on record | 21 |
| John May Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 19 |
| European Distributed Institute of Taxonomy (EDIT)location not on record | 19 |
| Naturéum — Muséum cantonal des sciences naturelles, Lausanne, Département Zoologielocation not on record | 18 |
| Naturmuseum Solothurnlocation not on record | 17 |
| Obihiro Centennial City Museumlocation not on record | 17 |
| University of Kaiserslauternlocation not on record | 15 |
| Archäologie und Museum Baselland - Museum.BLlocation not on record | 14 |
| NTNU-VMlocation not on record | 14 |
| Podgorica, ME | 12 |
| Auckland, NZ | 12 |
| Banyoles, ES | 10 |
| Musee d'Histoire Naturallelocation not on record | 9 |
| Natural History Museum of Utahlocation not on record | 8 |
| neflocation not on record | 8 |
| Kawasaki Shi Tama Ku, JP | 7 |
| SFRAlocation not on record | 7 |
| Gothenburg, SE | 6 |
| EGBlocation not on record | 6 |
| Instytut Ochrony Przyrody Polskiej Akademii Nauklocation not on record | 6 |
| Radicondoli, IT | 6 |
| KWPlocation not on record | 6 |
| RCMlocation not on record | 5 |
| KSTRlocation not on record | 5 |
| DABUHlocation not on record | 4 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 4 |
| Stockholm, SE | 4 |
| NMMElocation not on record | 4 |
| MJINlocation not on record | 4 |
| MJIMlocation not on record | 4 |
| KSSlocation not on record | 3 |
| Toronto, CA | 3 |
| ZSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturmuseum Oltenlocation not on record | 3 |
| Naturama Aargaulocation not on record | 2 |
| RERElocation not on record | 2 |
| Tromsø, NO | 2 |
| Glarus, CH | 2 |
| OSUClocation not on record | 2 |
| Ugentlocation not on record | 2 |
| CESVlocation not on record | 2 |
| NMBU:MINAlocation not on record | 2 |
| BioFokuslocation not on record | 2 |
| Ishikawa Museum of Natural Historylocation not on record | 1 |
| Museu Nacional de História Natural e da Ciêncialocation not on record | 1 |
| Belarusian State University, Zoological Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bavarian State Collection of Zoologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Research Collection of Hartmut Wegnerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Institut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC-UPF)location not on record | 1 |
| RMZlocation not on record | 1 |
| Blacksburg, US | 1 |
| Natural History Museum of Neuchatellocation not on record | 1 |
| NSMKlocation not on record | 1 |
| Iwate Prefectural Museumlocation not on record | 1 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Argynnis paphia was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.