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Great Spangled Fritillary On Beebalm Flower - Speyeria aphrodite - male
Copyright © 2006 Paul Carlson

Great Spangled Fritillary On Beebalm Flower - Speyeria aphrodite - Male
Lory State Park, near Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA
June 25, 2006
There are many of these in Lory State Park.
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Contributed by Paul Carlson on 25 June, 2006 - 7:28pm
Last updated 17 October, 2010 - 3:45am

Moved
Moved from Great Spangled Fritillary.
… Paul Carlson, 5 January, 2008 - 9:11am login or register to post comments

Speyeria aphrodite
Hi, Definitely not S. cybele. Notice the narrow pale band near the edge of the hind wing. It would be much wider is S. cybele. This looks like S. aphrodite. S. hesperis is rather similar looking to this as well. This looks like a male, you can see just enough of the bright orange above to be fairly sure.
… David J. Ferguson, 19 December, 2007 - 11:05am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, David!
I moved the image to Speyeria aphrodite.
… Paul Carlson, 5 January, 2008 - 9:12am login or register to post comments

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