Speyeria mormonia
| Mormon fritillary | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Heliconiini |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. mormonia |
| Binomial name | |
| Speyeria mormonia (Boisduval, 1869)[1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Argynnis mormonia Boisduval, 1869 | |
Speyeria mormonia, the Mormon fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from northern California to British Columbia and west Saskatchewan, Colorado, and western South Dakota.[1][2]
This butterfly is dark orange coloured with distinct black bars and dots in a zig-zag pattern on the topside. The wing margins are dark with lighter circles then dark crescents. Silvery spots predominate on the yellowish underside.[1][3]
Wingspan ranges from 38–61 mm (1.5–2.4 in).[2]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically.[4]
- S. m. arge (Strecker, 1878)
- S. m. artonis (Edwards, 1881)
- S. m. bischoffii (Edwards, 1870)
- S. m. erinna (Edwards, 1883)
- S. m. eurynome (Edwards, 1872)
- S. m. luski (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
- S. m. opis (Edwards, 1874)
- S. m. washingtonia (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)
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