Speyeria coronis

Coronis fritillary


Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Speyeria
Species:	S. coronis
Binomial name
*Speyeria coronis* (Behr, 1864)^[1]
Synonyms
Argynnis coronis Behr, 1864 Argynnis californica Skinner, 1917

Speyeria coronis, the coronis fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Baja California to Washington and west to Colorado and western South Dakota and once reported in Alberta.^[1]^[2]

This butterfly is mostly orange and yellow coloured with distinct dark-brown bars on the topside. The wing margins are dark with lighter circles then dark crescents. Silvery spots predominate on the yellowish underside.^[1]^[3]

Wingspan ranges from 60–86 mm (2.4–3.4 in).^[2]

Larva feed on Viola sp.^[4]

Similar Species

Zerene fritillary – Speyeria zerene
Edwards' fritillary – Speyeria edwardsii

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[4]

S. c. halcyone (Edwards, 1869)
S. c. hennei (Gunder, 1934)
S. c. semiramis (Edwards, 1886)
S. c. simaetha dos Passos & Grey, 1945
S. c. snyderi (Skinner, 1897)

References

1 2 3 Coronis Fritillary, Butterflies of Canada
1 2 Coronis Fritillary, Butterflies and moths of North America
↑ Jim P. Brock and K. Kaufman. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York, NY:Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
1 2 Speyeria, funet.fi

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