"Catching with a net?!" Stop that, it's not as it seems: this time we' re the ones trapped. Yes, because "Boloria" comes from "bolos", the Greek name for "fishing net" and it is precisely to the reticulated pattern of its wings that this little orange wonder owes its scientific name.
For centuries its polka dot net has harnessed the gazes of those who meet it on its path. This little Nymphalid is a real connoisseur when it comes to flowers, in fact its caterpillars prefer violets! We can find it in grassy meadows from 1700 meters of altitude, especially in the Alps but also in some places in Tuscany and Abruzzo Apennines. This butterfly is also abundant on the Cordillera Cantabrica, the Pyrenees, and to the East on the Balkans, the Carpathians and even in China!