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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) » Hesperis Fritillary - Hodges#4459.1 (Speyeria hesperis) » Speyeria hesperis dorothea
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Speyeria aphrodite or S. atlantis? - Speyeria hesperis - male
Copyright © 2014 Randy Floyd

Speyeria aphrodite or S. atlantis? - Speyeria hesperis - Male
East side of the Sandia Mountains, 8300 feet elevation, Douglas-fir, Abies firs, a few Ponderosa pine., Bernalillo County, New Mexico, USA
June 24, 2014

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Speyeria aphrodite or S. atlantis? - Speyeria hesperis Speyeria aphrodite or S. atlantis? - Speyeria hesperis - male
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Contributed by Randy Floyd on 24 June, 2014 - 9:31pm
Last updated 14 July, 2014 - 11:44pm

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 14 July, 2014 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Speyeria hesperis dorothea.
… john and jane balaban, 14 July, 2014 - 7:22pm login or register to post comments

Speyeria hesperis dorothea - male
As far as I know, neither S. aphrodite nor S. atlantis occur in the central NM mountains, though both occur in other parts of the state.

Moved from ID Request.
… David J. Ferguson, 25 June, 2014 - 12:24am login or register to post comments

Looks better for aphrodite
Looks better for aphrodite
… waywardwind12, 24 June, 2014 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

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