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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) » Atlantis Fritillary - Hodges#4459 (Speyeria atlantis)
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Unknown butterfly - Speyeria atlantis - male
Copyright © 2015 jasperpatch

Unknown butterfly - Speyeria atlantis - Male
Les collines d'outaouis County, Quebec, Canada
June 22, 2014
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Contributed by jasperpatch on 22 June, 2015 - 12:22pm
Last updated 24 August, 2015 - 3:04am

male Speyeria atlantis
A few tips to remember. Wide black scaling along veins of front wings (works better in males, which have androconia there, than in females); nearly solid black border on outer margin of upper side (also better on males); gray (not brown) eyes - though admittedly, in this shot, there is a bit of color shift that makes the eyes look a tad brownish. Also, not 100% reliable, but usually true, the second round black submarginal (or is it better called postmedian?) spot up from the anal angle (first one is hard to see in this shot, but second is clear) usually has a halo, making it a pupilled eye spot on S. aphrodite, while usually solid black on S. atlantis (as here).

Moved from Aphrodite Fritillary.
… David J. Ferguson, 24 August, 2015 - 3:04am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… jasperpatch, 2 July, 2015 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

Further research suggest Grea
Further research suggest Great Spangled Fritillary. Can anyone confirm please?
… jasperpatch, 1 July, 2015 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Aphrodite Fritillary
Note faint basal spot of dorsal forewing which Great Spangled does not have and ventral pattern of hindwing also indicates Aphrodite.
… Cliff Ivy, 1 July, 2015 - 5:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you so much!
Thank you so much!
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