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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Heliconians and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) » Greater Fritillaries (Speyeria) » Callippe Fritillary (Speyeria callippe) » Speyeria callippe macaria

Subspecies Speyeria callippe macaria

Classification · Other Common Names · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily Heliconiinae (Heliconians and Fritillaries)
Genus Speyeria (Greater Fritillaries)
Species callippe (Callippe Fritillary)
Subspecies macaria (Speyeria callippe macaria)
Other Common Names
Macaria Fritillary
Identification
From Emmel & Emmel (1973; (1)): "... characterized by a light ground color dorsally and a very light yellow-buff ventral surface bearing moderately-sized, brilliant silver spots." Also, there's a reddish suffusion toward the forewing base. (see also internet references)
Range
California, from Mount Pinos region (Kern and Ventura counties) to the Bouquet Canyon area, and northeast to the Greenhorn and Piute Mountains at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada.
Season
Late May through July
Food
Larval food plants: Viola species.
Internet References
International Lepidoptera Survey (TILS-TTR): list including common names.
Butterflies of America (photos of live adults from Kern County, CA; pinned specimens from Tulare County, CA)
Photos of live adults at Southern California Butterflies.
Works Cited
1.The Butterflies of Southern California
By Thomas C. Emmel and John F. Emmel
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 29 July, 2007 - 12:14am
Last updated 10 September, 2008 - 12:37am

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