Argynnini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has also been classified as subtribe Argynnina of the Heliconiini, or even as a distinct subfamily Argynninae in the Nymphalidae. This group has roughly 30 species in North America with other species distributed worldwide.
Genera and selected species
While many treatments consider several proposed genera to be junior synonyms of Argynnis – occasionally even the fairly distinct Speyeria – other authors treat Argynnis in a much more circumscribed manner and split off Argyreus, Damora, Speyeria and others. To a lesser extent, similar uncertainty affects Boloria and Issoria.
Euptoieta Doubleday 1848Yramea Reuss 1920Boloria (including Clossiana)Issoria Hübner 1819Queen of Spain fritillary, Issoria lathoniaBrenthis Hübner 1819Argynnis Fabricius 1807Cardinal, Argynnis pandoraDark green fritillary, Argynnis aglajaIndian fritillary, Argynnis hyperbiusNiobe fritillary, Argynnis niobeSilver-washed fritillary, Argynnis paphiaAustralian fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius (sometimes included in Argyreus)Speyeria Scudder 1872 (sometimes included in Argynnis)Aphrodite fritillary, Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787)Atlantis fritillary, Speyeria atlantis (Edwards, 1862)Callippe fritillary, Speyeria callippeCallippe silverspot butterfly, Speyeria callippe callippeGreat spangled fritillary, Speyeria cybeleDiana fritillary, Speyeria dianaNorthwestern fritillary, Speyeria hesperisHydaspe fritillary, Speyeria hydaspeZerene fritillary, Speyeria zereneMyrtle's silverspot butterfly, Speyeria zerene myrtleae
