''Speyeria'', commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a
genus
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of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a red ...
commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of ''
Argynnis
''Argynnis'' is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, one of several groups known as " fritillaries". Its species are commonly found in Europe and Asia.
Systematics
Several current species of ''Argynnis'' used to be included in dist ...
'', but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
Species
The genus has 3
species
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in
Eurasia
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(these were formerly known as genus ''Mesoacidalia'', now a synonym of ''Speyeria''):
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Speyeria aglaja
The dark green fritillary (''Speyeria aglaja'') is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The insect has a wide range in the Palearctic realm - Europe, Morocco, Iran, Siberia, Central Asia, China, Korea, and Japan.
Description in Seit ...
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Events
By place
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and 16 species in
North America
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Speyeria diana
The Diana fritillary (''Speyeria diana'') is a fritillary butterfly found in several wooded areas in southern and eastern North America (primarily in the Arkansas River valley, several counties in South Carolina, spots along the Appalachian moun ...
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Speyeria aphrodite
The Aphrodite fritillary (''Speyeria aphrodite'') is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally. The ventral sides of t ...
'' (Fabricius, 1787) – Aphrodite fritillary
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Speyeria idalia
The regal fritillary (''Speyeria idalia'') is a striking nymphalid butterfly found among some of the remaining tallgrass and mixed-grass prairies in the east-central United States. This prairie-specialist butterfly has a characteristic deep orang ...
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– regal fritillary
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Speyeria nokomis
''Speyeria nokomis'', the nokomis fritillary, is a species of fritillary in the family of butterflies known as Nymphalidae. It is found in North America.
The MONA or Hodges number for ''Speyeria nokomis'' is 4453.
Subspecies
These nine subspeci ...
Speyeria coronis
''Speyeria coronis'', the Coronis fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae of North America. It is common from Baja California to Washington and east to Colorado and western South Dakota and once reported in Alberta.< ...
'' (Behr, 1864) – Coronis fritillary
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Speyeria zerene
''Speyeria zerene'', the zerene fritillary, is a butterfly found in the western portions of the United States and Canada. The species was first described by William John Swainson in 1827.
Description
''Speyeria zerene'' is a medium-sized butte ...
Speyeria callippe
''Speyeria callippe'', the callippe fritillary, is a North American species of butterflies in the brush-footed family Nymphalidae.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
Biology
''Speyeria callippe'' is a univoltine species. Adults fly from May to ...
'' (Boisduval, 1852) – callippe fritillary
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Speyeria egleis
''Speyeria egleis'', commonly known as the Great Basin fritillary or egleis fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from North Dakota southwest through Oregon to California an ...
Speyeria atlantis
''Speyeria atlantis'', the Atlantis fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae of North America. It is from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across the northern United States south as far ...
'' (Edwards, 1862) – Atlantis fritillary
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Speyeria hesperis
''Speyeria hesperis'', the northwestern fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northwestern United States and western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas.Speyeria hydaspe'' (Boisduval, 1869) – Hydaspe fritillary
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Speyeria mormonia
''Speyeria mormonia,'' commonly known as the Mormon fritillary, is a North American butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is highly diverse, having differentiated into several subspecies which occupy a wide geographic range. ''S. mor ...
'' (Boisduval, 1869) – Mormon fritillary
References
Further reading
* Glassberg, Jeffrey (2001). ''Butterflies through Binoculars: The West''.
* Guppy, Crispin S. and Shepard, Jon H. (2001). ''Butterflies of British Columbia''.
* James, David G. and Nunnallee, David (2011). ''Life Histories of Cascadia Butterflies''.
* Pelham, Jonathan (2008). ''Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada''.
* Pyle, Robert Michael (2002). ''The Butterflies of Cascadia''.
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