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Frittilary - Speyeria sp. oh my&hellip;. I&#039;m afraid they look very much the same to me. I don&#039;t, unfortunately, have any images of the underwing. Could be S. zerene, S. coronis or several others.<br /> <br /> Going through old photos and ran this through Leps - it thinks this is S. coronis Coronis fritillary,Geotagged,Speyeria coronis,Spring,United States Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Frittilary - Speyeria sp.

oh my…. I'm afraid they look very much the same to me. I don't, unfortunately, have any images of the underwing. Could be S. zerene, S. coronis or several others.

Going through old photos and ran this through Leps - it thinks this is S. coronis

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    My uneducated guess is Speyeria aphrodite, just because I see so many near-identical reference images. Posted 9 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      I think that one doesn't make it west of the Rocky Mountains, but there's at least 1/2 a dozen more that to my eye appear identical… http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/sfpnw/issssp/documents2/inv-iile-speyeria-coronis-coronis-field-guide-2013.pdf
      Maybe Wildflower can make some sense of them - but I'm afraid I haven't given her enough to work with.       Posted 9 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
        Ferdy Christant
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        I didn't even check for distribution, sorry. That's one impressive document, a bit above my layman skills. Posted 9 years ago

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The Coronis fritillary

''Speyeria coronis'', the coronis fritillary, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is common from Baja California to Washington and east to Colorado and western South Dakota and once reported in Alberta.

This butterfly is mostly orange and yellow coloured with distinct dark-brown bars on the topside. The wing margins are dark with lighter circles then dark crescents. Silvery spots predominate on the yellowish underside.

Wingspan ranges from 60–86 mm.. more

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Uploaded May 27, 2016. Captured May 26, 2016 12:35 in Unnamed Road, Selah, WA 98942, USA.
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