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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) » Zerene Fritillary - Hodges#4456 (Speyeria zerene)

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Copyright © 2014 aelmorris

fritillary - Speyeria zerene -

near Kamas, Wasatch County, Utah, USA
July 25, 2014

New to identifying fritillaries. I now know I should have gotten underwing, but I thought that the top pattern would be diagnostic. It looks like species might be hard from the top wing pattern. This one looks to me like pictures of Speyeria mormonia. Can we tell the species from this image?

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Contributed by aelmorris on 25 July, 2014 - 4:21pm
Last updated 30 March, 2016 - 2:12am

Moved

Moved from Greater Fritillaries.

… David J. Ferguson, 30 March, 2016 - 2:12am

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Moved

Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).

… John S. Ascher, 22 October, 2014 - 8:12am

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… john and jane balaban, 24 August, 2014 - 10:17am

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You really need an underside image, but I would guess S. zerene. It isn't S. mormonia.

… Mike Hofmann, 26 July, 2014 - 7:53pm

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Thanks, Mike. What do you see

Thanks, Mike. What do you see that rules out S. mormonia?

… aelmorris, 29 July, 2014 - 10:21am

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S. mormonia

just the wing shape (more rounded in mormonia) and the more "delicate" markings and smaller size of mormonia are distincive. Mormonia is also a higher elevation bug. I wouldn't expect to see it very commonly around Kamas but as you go higher along Mirror Lake Highway it would become very common near the top.

All your images look like S. zerene to me.

… Mike Hofmann, 29 July, 2014 - 11:59am

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Thanks Mike. This butterfly c

Thanks Mike. This butterfly came from about 8,000 ft on Wolf Creek Ranch .

… aelmorris, 13 August, 2014 - 9:19pm

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