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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) » Hesperis Fritillary - Hodges#4459.1 (Speyeria hesperis) » Speyeria hesperis dennisi

Subspecies Speyeria hesperis dennisi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Remarks
Fritillary - Speyeria hesperis - female Fritillary - Speyeria hesperis
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Heliconiinae (Heliconians and Fritillaries)
Tribe Argynnini (Fritillaries)
Genus Speyeria (Greater Fritillaries)
Species hesperis (Hesperis Fritillary - Hodges#4459.1)
Subspecies dennisi (Speyeria hesperis dennisi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Argynnis lais W. H. Edwards 1884 [invalid later homonym; not Argynnis lais Scudder, 1875]. Type locality: originally given as Red Deer River, Alberta; "corrected" by Geddes to Fort Edmonton, Alberta
Speyeria atlantis dennisi dos Passos & Grey 1945 [based on Argynnis atlantis beani tr. f. dennisi Gunder, 1927; deamed as a valid subspecies name as per ICBN articles 10.2 & 45.5.1]. Type locality: Beulah, Manitoba
Speyeria atlantis lais (Edwards) dos Passos & Grey 1947
Speyeria atlantis helena dos Passos & Grey, 1955 [replacement name for Argynnis lais W. H. Edwards].
[i]Speyeria hesperis helena (dos Passos & Grey) Scott, Kondla, Spomer, 1998
Range
northern prairies of south central Canada and adjacent US. Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North Dakota, probably Montana.
Remarks
This page is still being researched further to verify accuracy.
Contributed by David J. Ferguson on 1 August, 2009 - 8:38pm
Last updated 20 September, 2017 - 11:24pm

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