Knapweed Fritillary

Take a look at the pictures and info in the link:
http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki...
The black spots on the forewing (margin) are usually not so clearly seen in Phoebe as in Cinxia. In yours there are quite good visible. And still: It is a central and southern European fritillary and should not be so far in the north as your indicated location. And as it happens with a lot of these tricky genus, there is quite a great variability in ground color, markings and hairs.

Added to European Butterflies & Moths

Thx bayucca for the suggest, but it's been the phoebe - I can tell because the lower side of the wings had not the brighter colors of the cinxia. Plus, the phoebe is more hairy than the cinxia.

Hamburg is too far north for Phoebe and Phoebe is the largest European fritillary and yours seems to be a medium size. What about Cinxia?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glanville_F...

Wonderful spotting!
Please, add this one and all your other butterfly and moths shots from Europe into the group:
http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/8574...
Would be nice contributions!

Thx alot Ashish - it is a Knapweed Fritillary.

Might be Heath fritillary butterfly, but it is very hairy...