Speyeria adiaste atossa
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| Speyeria adiaste atossa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | †S. a. atossa |
| Trinomial name | |
| †Speyeria adiaste atossa (W. H. Edwards, 1864) | |
Speyeria adiaste atossa, the Atossa fritillary,[1] is an extinct subspecies of the unsilvered fritillary (Speyeria adiaste) butterfly in the Nymphalidae family.[2][3]
Speyeria adiaste atossa was first described by American entomologist William Henry Edwards in 1864. Speyeria is now recognized as a subgenus of Argynnis as of 2017.[4]
Distribution and habitat
They were formerly found in the Tehachapi, Tejon and San Jacinto mountain ranges in southern California. They were found in higher elevations near the tops of mountains.[5]