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Fritillary - Speyeria atlantis
Copyright © 2014 James Bailey

Fritillary - Speyeria atlantis
Devon, Alberta, Canada
July 13, 2013

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Contributed by James Bailey on 9 June, 2014 - 7:52pm
Last updated 10 June, 2014 - 8:59pm

I would call this a male Speyeria atlantis
because of fairly broad short rounded looking wings, black margin, thin crisp dark markings above, and dark coloring on the under side. I can't tell if it has silvered spots below or not, but I'm presuming it does (I've never seen one that looks like this that isn't silvered).

Other people might refer it to S. hesperis (which I think should look quite different from this). So far, ones like these are placed under S. atlantis on BugGuide.

The real biological answer might be much more complex (or not?).

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 10 June, 2014 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting
There was a rather large Speyeria congregation at this little park, kind of assumed they were all one species (Atlantis). Wasn't expecting the cybele. I might check my other photos again.
… James Bailey, 11 June, 2014 - 9:34am login or register to post comments

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