Speyeria atlantis

Atlantis fritillary
Temagami, Ontario
View of underwings
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Heliconiini
Genus:	Speyeria
Species:	S. atlantis
Binomial name
Speyeria atlantis (W.H. Edwards, 1862)

The Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across the northern United States south as far as Colorado and West Virginia.^[1][2] It resides as far north as James Bay.

Mating

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 50–64 millimetres (2.0–2.5 in).^[1][3]

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.^[4]

• 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 (Speyeria aphrodite)
• Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Speyeria atlantis.