The Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is from the Avalon Pennisula of Newfoundland and Labrador

Newfoundland and Labrador

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 to northern British Columbia

British Columbia

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, across northern United States south as far as Colorado

Colorado

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 and West Virginia

West Virginia

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. It resides as far north as James Bay

James Bay

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.

Its upperside is dark orange with many rows of black markings and black wing margins. Its underside is a light brown with many silvery-white spots. Wingspan ranges from 50 to 64 mm.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

• S. a. atlantis
• S. a. canadensis (dos Passos, 1935)
• S. a. chitone (Edwards, 1879)
• S. a. dodgei (Gunder, 1931)
• S. a. beani (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
• S. a. dennisi dos Passos & Grey, 1947
• S. a. dorothea Moeck, 1947
• S. a. electa (Edwards, 1878)
• S. a. elko Austin, 1983
• S. a. greyi (Moeck, 1950)
• S. a. hesperis (Edwards, 1864)
• S. a. hollandi (F. & R. Chermock, 1940)
• S. a. hutchinsi dos Passos & Grey, 1947
• S. a. irene (Boisduval, 1869)
• S. a. lais (Edwards, 1883)
• S. a. lurana dos Passos & Grey, 1945
• S. a. nausicaa (Edwards, 1874)
• S. a. nikias (Ehrmann, 1917)
• S. a. schellbachi Garth, 1949
• S. a. tetonia dos Passos & Grey, 1945
• S. a. viola dos Passos & Grey, 1945
• S. a. wasatchia dos Passos & Grey, 1945

Similar Species

• Aphrodite Fritillary
  Aphrodite Fritillary
  The Aphrodite Fritillary is a fritillary 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 side of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. Its wingspan is between 51 and...
  
   (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Great Spangled Fritillary
  Great Spangled Fritillary
  - Description :The Great Spangled Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It reaches 2 1/8 to 3" in wingspan. It is characterized by its orange color above with five black dashes near fore wing base and several iregualer black dashes at the base of the hind wing. In addition, two rows...
  
   (Speyeria cybele)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis
  Speyeria hesperis
  The 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....
  
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