Speyeria

Greater Fritillaries
Speyeria cybele feeding on Asclepias tuberosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Genus: Speyeria
Scudder, 1872
Species

See text.

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.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1]

References

  1. ^ Speyeria, funet.fi