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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)
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Dull or worn Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele
Copyright © 2020 Michael Patrikeev

Dull or worn Great Spangled Fritillary? - Speyeria cybele
Wolf Grove, Lanark, Ontario, Canada
August 30, 2020
A dull or worn Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) or perhaps some western subspecies or a hybrid? What confuses me is the relatively narrow submarginal band (e.g., compare to https://bugguide.net/node/view/1887246) and dark outer margins on the forewing.

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Contributed by Michael Patrikeev on 4 September, 2020 - 10:15am
Last updated 4 September, 2020 - 12:00pm

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Michael: There is much variability in this species (perhaps 10 subspecies). I will keep searching and hope to return and update this at a later date.

I refer you to the links below about the sub-species of Great Spangled:

Butterflies of America

Canadian Biodiversity Information

Great Spangled Browse Page on BG

Moved from Butterflies and Skippers.
… Roy Cohutta Brown, 4 September, 2020 - 12:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Roy! Indeed, these lin
Thanks Roy! Indeed, these links show much variability even within the nominate subspecies, which I believe is the only one in eastern Ontario. It would be interesting to know what other experts say...
… Michael Patrikeev, 4 September, 2020 - 1:00pm login or register to post comments

 
Have a great weekend
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… Roy Cohutta Brown, 4 September, 2020 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks! Same to you!
… Michael Patrikeev, 4 September, 2020 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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