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Speyeria mormonia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Scientific name
  
Speyeria mormonia

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Speyeria

Rank
  
Species

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Similar
  
Speyeria, Speyeria hesperis, Speyeria coronis, Speyeria egleis, Speyeria hydaspe

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.

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.

Wingspan ranges from 38–61 mm (1.5–2.4 in).

Larva feed on Viola species.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

  • 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)
  • References

    Speyeria mormonia Wikipedia