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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Heliconians and Fritillaries (Heliconiinae) » Fritillaries (Argynnini) » Greater Fritillaries (Speyeria) » Great Spangled Fritillary - Hodges#4450 (Speyeria cybele) » Speyeria cybele cybele
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Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele - male
Copyright © 2008 Minray Yang

Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele - Male
Middlefork Savanna, Lake County, Illinois, USA
July 1, 2008
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Contributed by Minray Yang on 4 July, 2008 - 11:55am
Last updated 27 May, 2010 - 11:29am

Moved
Moved from Great Spangled Fritillary.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 May, 2010 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

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… David J. Ferguson, 27 May, 2010 - 11:20am login or register to post comments

Great Spangled Fritillary
I believe this is a Great Spangled Fritillary also, but I was wondering about the section at the top of the butterfly. Is that a tear in the wing exposing the topside of the other wing?
… Rennie Talbert, 4 July, 2008 - 7:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Yes, I believe there is a tear.
… Minray Yang, 4 July, 2008 - 11:02pm login or register to post comments

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