Speyeria
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Speyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is the genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae
commonly found in North America
and Asia
. Delimitation versus Argynnis
is problematic, and the present genus is sometimes included therein.
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
commonly found in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
. Delimitation versus Argynnis
Argynnis
Argynnis, commonly known as fritillaries, is the genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in Europe and Asia. Delimitation versus Speyeria is problematic, and the latter genus is sometimes entirely included in Argynnis....
is problematic, and the present genus is sometimes included therein.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Speyeria adiasteSpeyeria adiasteThe Unsilvered Fritillary or Adiaste Fritillary is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from California County north to San Mateo County and east to north Los Angeles County and Kern County....
(Edwards, 1864) – Unsilvered Fritillary or Adiaste Fritillary
- Speyeria alexandra (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) – Aphrodite Fritillary
- Speyeria atlantisSpeyeria atlantisThe Atlantis Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is from the Avalon Pennisula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across northern United States south as far as Colorado and West Virginia...
(Edwards, 1862) – Atlantis Fritillary - Speyeria callippeSpeyeria callippeThe Callippe Fritillary is a fritillary from North America.Larva feed on Viola pedunculata and Viola nuttallii.-Subspecies:Listed alphabetically.*S. c. calgariana...
(Boisduval, 1852) – Callippe Fritillary - Speyeria carolae (dos Passos & Grey, 1942) – Carol's Fritillary
- Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844)
- Speyeria coronisSpeyeria coronisThe 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....
(Behr, 1864) – Coronis Fritillary - Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775) – Great Spangled Fritillary
- Speyeria diana (Cramer, 1777) – Diana Fritillary
- Speyeria edwardsiiSpeyeria edwardsiiThe Edwards' Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Alberta west to Manitoba and south as far as northern New Mexico....
(Reakirt, 1866) – Edward's Fritillary - Speyeria egleis (Behr, 1863) – Egleis Fritillary
- Speyeria hesperisSpeyeria hesperisThe Northwestern Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas....
(Edwards, 1864) – Northwestern Fritillary - Speyeria hydaspeSpeyeria hydaspeHydaspe Fritillary is a species of orange-brown butterfly found in the western portions of the United States and Canada. A small fritillary, it usually has cream-colored underwing spots, but the Vancouver Island subspecies has silver spots. It is similar to S. zerene and S...
(Boisduval, 1869) – Hydaspe Fritillary - Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773) – Regal Fritillary
- Speyeria mormoniaSpeyeria mormoniaThe Mormon Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from northern California to British Columbia and west Saskatchewan, Colorado, and western South Dakota....
(Boisduval, 1869) – Mormon Fritillary - Speyeria nokomis (Edwards, 1862) – Nokomis Fritillary
- Speyeria zereneSpeyeria zereneZerene Fritillary is a species of butterfly found in the western portions of the United States and Canada.-Description:...
(Boisduval, 1852) – Zerene Fritillary