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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.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyNymphalidae
Speyeria aphrodite Самец Speyeria diana В состав рода входят: Speyeria adiaste (Edwards, 1864) Speyeria alexandra (Ménétriés, 1832) Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) Speyeria atlantis (Edwards, 1862) Speyeria callippe (Boisduval, 1852) Speyeria carolae (dos Passos & Grey, 1942) Speyeria clara (Blanchard, 1844) Speyeria coronis (Behr, 1864) Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775) Speyeria diana (Cramer, 1777) Speyeria edwardsii (Reakirt, 1866) Speyeria egleis (Behr, 1863) Speyeria hesperis (Edwards, 1864) Speyeria hydaspe (Boisduval, 1869) Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773) Speyeria mormonia (Boisduval, 1869) Speyeria nokomis (Edwards, 1862) Speyeria zerene (Boisduval, 1852)
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,971
- With media
- 562
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Collections
- DMNS, UCD, UMNH, UAM
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada
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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])
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