Aphrodite fritillary

Aphrodite fritillary
Speyeria aphrodite alcestis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Heliconiini
Genus: Speyeria
Species: S. aphrodite
Binomial name
Speyeria aphrodite
(Fabricius, 1787)

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.[1] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots.[2] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.[3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[4]

Similar species

References

  1. Aphrodite Fritillary, Wisconsin Butterflies
  2. Brock JP and Kaufman K. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York:Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
  3. Aphrodite Fritillary, Butterflies of Canada
  4. Speyeria, funet.fi

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