Speyeria callippe
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The Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe) is a fritillary
Argynnini
Argynnini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has also been classified as subtribe Argynnina of the Heliconiini, or even as a distinct subfamily Argynninae in the Nymphalidae...

 from 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...

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Larva feed on Viola pedunculata and Viola nuttallii
Viola nuttallii
Viola nuttallii is a perennial herbaceous plant in the Violet family , and is one of the few violet species with lanceolate leaves...

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Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.
  • S. c. calgariana (McDunnough, 1924)
  • S. c. comstocki (Gunder, 1925)
  • S. c. elaine dos Passos & Grey, 1945
  • S. c. gallatini (McDunnough, 1929)
  • S. c. harmonia dos Passos & Grey, 1945
  • S. c. juba (Boisduval, 1869)
  • S. c. laura (Edwards, 1879)
  • S. c. laurina (Wright, 1905)
  • S. c. liliana (H. Edwards, 1877)
  • S. c. nevadensis (Edwards, 1870)
  • S. c. macaria (Edwards, 1877)
  • S. c. meadii (Edwards, 1872)
  • S. c. rupestris (Behr, 1863)
  • S. c. semivirida (McDunnough, 1924)
  • S. c. sierra dos Passos & Grey, 1945

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