Aphrodite fritillary
Species of butterfly
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The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
| Aphrodite fritillary | |
|---|---|
| |
| S. a. alcestis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. aphrodite |
| Binomial name | |
| Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) | |
This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally.[2] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots.[3] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.[4]
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature[5][6] with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends.[6]
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[7]
- 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)
