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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) » Mormon Fritillary - Hodges#4461 (Speyeria mormonia) » Speyeria mormonia artonis
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Basin butterfly 5 - Speyeria mormonia - male - female
Copyright © 2013 John F. Carr

Basin butterfly 5 - Speyeria mormonia - Male Female
Great Basin National Park, White Pine County, Nevada, USA
August 14, 2013
Near 8,500 feet. The large one was pursuing the small one.
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Contributed by John F. Carr on 17 August, 2013 - 10:46am
Last updated 30 August, 2013 - 10:26pm

Mormon Fritillary pair
Male is on the right; female is missing a lot of her wings.

Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 30 August, 2013 - 10:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Nearby
Within a mile or so of the other Speyeria. Is more than one species found at the same location?
… John F. Carr, 1 September, 2013 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

 
It is often possible to find several in the same place and time.
S. mormonia tends to be the one found at the highest elevations, but it overlaps with several others below. It is also the smallest, and one of the most easily recognized species when several are found together.
… David J. Ferguson, 2 September, 2013 - 10:33pm login or register to post comments

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