Aphrodite fritillary | |
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S. a. alcestis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Speyeria |
Species: | S. aphrodite
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Binomial name | |
Speyeria aphrodite (
Fabricius, 1787)
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The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally. [2] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. [3] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm. [4]
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature [5] [6] with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends. [6]
Listed alphabetically: [7]
Aphrodite fritillary | |
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S. a. alcestis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Speyeria |
Species: | S. aphrodite
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Binomial name | |
Speyeria aphrodite (
Fabricius, 1787)
|
The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally. [2] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. [3] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm. [4]
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature [5] [6] with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends. [6]
Listed alphabetically: [7]