Speyeria carolae
Species of butterfly
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Speyeria carolae, or Carole's fritillary, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies).[1][2][3] It was described by Cyril Franklin dos Passos and Lionel Paul Grey in 1942 and is found in North America,[2] where it has only been recorded from the Charleston Mountains of Clark County, Nevada. The habitat consists of mountain slopes, foothills and forest openings.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. carolae |
| Binomial name | |
| Speyeria carolae (dos Passos & Grey, 1942) | |
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The wingspan is 69–86 mm. Adults are on wing from mid-June to September in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Viola charlestonensis.[4]
The MONA or Hodges number for Speyeria carolae is 4456.1.[5][6]
