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Aphrodite fritillary

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Family
  
Scientific name
  
Speyeria aphrodite

Phylum
  
Order
  
Tribe
  
Heliconiini

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Species

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Similar
  
Speyeria, Speyeria atlantis, Great spangled fritillary, Polygonia progne, Boloria bellona

Aphrodite fritillary


The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, 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 sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.

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Aphrodite fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary wisconsinbutterfliesorg

Regal fritillary butterfly and aphrodite fritillary butterfly and milkweed at ft indiantown gap


Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

Aphrodite fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary

  • S. a. alcestis (Edwards, 1876)
  • S. a. byblis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
  • S. a. columbia (H. Edwards, 1877)
  • S. a. ethene (Hemming, 1933)
  • S. a. manitoba (F. & R. Chermock, 1940)
  • S. a. whitehousei (Gunder, 1932)
  • S. a. winni (Gunder, 1932)
  • Similar species

  • Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
  • Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
  • Northwestern fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)

  • Aphrodite fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary wisconsinbutterfliesorg

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    Aphrodite fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite

    References

    Aphrodite fritillary Wikipedia