What is the connection between the fritillus dice box and the butterfly?

ame ‘fritillary’ for several species of aut…er introduced the name ‘fritillary’ for several species of autumn-coloured, chequered butterflies. (The word is derived from the Latin term for dice box.) Petiver also corresponded with Maria Sibylla Merian, whose research on butterflies and other inver…
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What is the connection between the fritillus dice box and the butterfly? That's an interesting name.
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