Speyeria
Sign in to saveSpeyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of Argynnis, but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
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Speyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of Argynnis, but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
==Species== The genus has 3 species in Eurasia (these were formerly known as genus Mesoacidalia, now a synonym of Speyeria): Speyeria aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) – Dark green fritillary Speyeria alexandra (Ménétriés, 1832) Speyeria clara (Blanchard, [1844])