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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 © 2004 Timothy Robert Nichols

Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - Male
Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
July 2, 2004
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Contributed by Timothy Robert Nichols on 27 October, 2004 - 10:08pm
Last updated 27 May, 2010 - 11:34am

Moved
Moved from Great Spangled Fritillary.
… David J. Ferguson, 27 May, 2010 - 11:34am login or register to post comments

Based on Butterflies Through Binoculars
(1) This appears to be Speyeria cybele. It can be distinguished from the other two similar species pictured there by not having a black bordered forewing (atlantis), and by not having a spot near the base of the forewing (aphrodite). All of them appear to occur in WV.
… Troy Bartlett, 27 October, 2004 - 10:22pm login or register to post comments

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