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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) » Speyeria cybele cybele
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unknown Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - male
Copyright © 2013 Peter Jessen

unknown Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - Male
Fraserburg, Muskoka, Ontario, Canada
July 26, 2013
Size: app.60mm
I hope that I am correct with Fritillary, but can anybody tell what kind it is? Both pictures are from the same individual flying around our house and sitting on vegetation and hummingbird feeder

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unknown Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - male Great Spangled Fritillary - Speyeria cybele - male
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Contributed by Peter Jessen on 26 July, 2013 - 9:25am
Last updated 22 October, 2013 - 7:21pm

Moved
Moved from Great Spangled Fritillary.
… David J. Ferguson, 22 October, 2013 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 31 August, 2013 - 2:21am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 3 August, 2013 - 10:32pm login or register to post comments

Looks like a Great spangled fritillary
an absolutely gorgeous butterfly.
See
… Cliff Ivy, 26 July, 2013 - 11:39am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the identification
Thanks for the identification. It looks like that the Great Spangles Fritilary comes in lots of different colourations. The Audubon Fieldguide shows some really dark species and one pictures shows a similar configuration than your picture, thank you!
… Peter Jessen, 26 July, 2013 - 11:58am login or register to post comments

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