Speyeria
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]
- Speyeria adiaste (Edwards, 1864) – Unsilvered Fritillary or Adiaste Fritillary
- Speyeria alexandra (Ménétriés, 1832)
- Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) – Aphrodite Fritillary
- Speyeria atlantis (Edwards, 1862) – Atlantis Fritillary
- Speyeria callippe (Boisduval, 1852) – Callippe Fritillary
- Speyeria carolae (dos Passos & Grey, 1942) – Carol's Fritillary
- Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844)
- Speyeria coronis (Behr, 1864) – Coronis Fritillary
- Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775) – Great Spangled Fritillary
- Speyeria diana (Cramer, 1777) – Diana Fritillary
- Speyeria edwardsii (Reakirt, 1866) – Edward's Fritillary
- Speyeria egleis (Behr, 1863) – Egleis Fritillary
- Speyeria hesperis (Edwards, 1864) – Northwestern Fritillary
- Speyeria hydaspe (Boisduval, 1869) – Hydaspe Fritillary
- Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773) – Regal Fritillary
- Speyeria mormonia (Boisduval, 1869) – Mormon Fritillary
- Speyeria nokomis (Edwards, 1862) – Nokomis Fritillary
- Speyeria zerene (Boisduval, 1852) – Zerene Fritillary
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