Speyeria atlantis
Species of butterfly
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Speyeria atlantis, the Atlantis fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae of North America. It is found from the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across the northern United States south as far as Colorado and West Virginia.[2][3] It resides as far north as James Bay. The species is listed as endangered in Connecticut.[4]
| Speyeria atlantis | |
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| Temagami, Ontario | |
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| View of underwings | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. atlantis |
| Binomial name | |
| Speyeria atlantis (W.H. Edwards, 1862) | |
Description
Life cycle
The larvae are hosted by violets. Adult foods include common milkweed, mint, mountain laurel, crown vetch, burdock, boneset, ox-eye daisy, spiraea, and virgin's bower.[6]
Threats
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[9]
- S. a. atlantis
- S. a. canadensis (dos Passos, 1935)
- S. a. chitone (Edwards, 1879)
- S. a. dodgei (Gunder, 1931)
- S. a. beani (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
- S. a. dennisi dos Passos & Grey, 1947
- S. a. dorothea Moeck, 1947
- S. a. electa (Edwards, 1878)
- S. a. elko Austin, 1983
- S. a. greyi (Moeck, 1950)
- S. a. hesperis (Edwards, 1864)
- S. a. hollandi (F. & R. Chermock, 1940)
- S. a. hutchinsi dos Passos & Grey, 1947
- S. a. irene (Boisduval, 1869)
- S. a. lais (Edwards, 1883)
- S. a. lurana dos Passos & Grey, 1945
- S. a. nausicaa (Edwards, 1874)
- S. a. nikias (Ehrmann, 1917)
- S. a. schellbachi Garth, 1949
- S. a. tetonia dos Passos & Grey, 1945
- S. a. viola dos Passos & Grey, 1945
- S. a. wasatchia dos Passos & Grey, 1945
Similar species
- Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite)
- Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
- Northwestern fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
