Aphrodite Fritillary

Aphrodite Fritillary
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 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.[1] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.[2]

Contents

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.[3]

Similar species

References

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

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