''Speyeria nokomis'', the nokomis fritillary, is a species of

fritillary ''Fritillaria'' (fritillaries) is a genus of spring flowering herbaceous bulbous perennial plants in the lily family (Liliaceae). The type species, ''Fritillaria meleagris'', was first described in Europe in 1571, while other species from the ...

in the family of butterflies known as

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 ...

. It is found in North America. The MONA or Hodges number for ''Speyeria nokomis'' is 4453.

Subspecies

These nine subspecies belong to the species ''Speyeria nokomis'': * ''Speyeria nokomis apacheana'' (Skinner, 1918)^{i c g} * ''Speyeria nokomis caerulescens'' Holland, 1900^{c g} * ''Speyeria nokomis carsonensis'' Austin in T. Emmel, 1998^{i g} * ''Speyeria nokomis coerulescens'' (W. Holland, 1900)^{i g} * ''Speyeria nokomis nigrocaerulea'' (W. P. Cockerell & Cockerell, 1900)^{c g} * ''Speyeria nokomis nitocris'' (W. H. Edwards, 1874)ⁱ * ''Speyeria nokomis nokomis'' (W. H. Edwards, 1862)^{i g} * ''Speyeria nokomis valesinoalba'' Reuss, 1926^{c g} * ''Speyeria nokomis wenona'' Dos Passos & Grey, 1945^{c g} Data sources: i = ITIS, c = Catalogue of Life, g = GBIF, b = Bugguide.net

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* Speyeria Articles created by Qbugbot Butterflies described in 1862 {{heliconiinae-stub

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