# Argynnis paphia on Carduoideae Richard Bartz

- By: Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak
- Date: 2007-06-29
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Argynnis_paphia_on_Carduoideae_Richard_Bartz.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/8/84/Argynnis_paphia_on_Carduoideae_Richard_Bartz.jpg/1920px-Argynnis_paphia_on_Carduoideae_Richard_Bartz.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Description: The Silver-washed Fritillary (Argynnis paphia) is a European species of butterfly, which was in decline for much of the 1970s and 1980s but seems to be coming back to many of its old territories.