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Mating - Speyeria cybele - male - female
Copyright © 2004 Tim Nichols

Mating - Speyeria cybele - Male Female
Mineral County, West Virginia, USA
June 12, 2004
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Contributed by Tim Nichols on 28 October, 2004 - 3:28pm
Last updated 13 March, 2005 - 2:57pm

Great Spangled
I think these are Great Spangled Fritillaries (1), based on the wide submarginal band on the hind wing. In both Aphrodite and Atlantis, the dark colour of the disc bleeds onto this band, especially on the lower portion of the wing. See here.
… Joel Kits, 13 January, 2005 - 6:56pm login or register to post comments

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