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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)

Species Speyeria cybele - Great Spangled Fritillary - Hodges#4450

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - male

Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) - Speyeria cybele

Great Spangled Fritillary (subspecies) - Speyeria cybele - female

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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 cybele (Great Spangled Fritillary - Hodges#4450)

Hodges Number

4450

Explanation of Names

Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775)

Cybele was an Anatolian goddess.

Size

Wingspan 6-10 cm

Identification

Large, compare with other fritillaries.

Range

Much of North America, but absent or rare in southmost tier of states - Map (MPG)

Habitat

Open areas, moist fields, prairies

Season

mostly May-Sept (MPG, BG data)

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on violets.

Print References

Allen (1)

Brock (2)

Glassberg (3)

Scott (4)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - MPG

Butterflies of America - BOA

Butterflies and Moths of North America - BAMONA

Works Cited

1.	The Butterflies of West Virginia and Their Caterpillars Thomas J. Allen. 1998. University of Pittsburgh Press.

2.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

3.	Butterflies Through Binoculars: The East Jeffrey Glassberg. 1999. Oxford University Press.

4.	The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide James A. Scott. 1992. Stanford University Press.

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 June, 2004 - 4:12pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert Lord Zimlich
Last updated 7 June, 2017 - 8:48am

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