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Fritillary (Noun)

Butterfly with brownish wings marked with black and silver.

Nouns denoting animals.

The rare silver-washed fritillary is prized by butterfly enthusiasts for its distinctive brownish wings with silvery sheen and dark spots.
The habitat of the great spangled fritillary butterfly, a large brown and silver butterfly native to North America, is usually near violets, its host plants.
Fritillaries, in general, have brownish wings with silver spots and are cold-tolerant, often flying on sunny winter days.
On hot summer days, a spotted fritillary can frequently be seen sipping nectar from purple coneflower and other meadow flowers.
As it flutters around, the silver-gilt fritillary's subtle coloration shines, its wings gleaming in shades of warm brown and cool gray.

Any liliaceous plant of the genus Fritillaria having nodding variously colored flowers.