Aphrodite fritillary
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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.[1] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots.[2] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.[3]
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature [4][5] with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends.[5]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[6]
- 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)
References
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- ↑ Aphrodite Fritillary, Wisconsin Butterflies
- ↑ Brock JP and Kaufman K. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York:Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
- ↑ Aphrodite Fritillary, Butterflies of Canada
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- ↑ "Speyeria Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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Further reading
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External links
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- Aphrodite Fritillary, Talk about Wildlife