- Source: Aphrodite fritillary
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. The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots. Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
S. a. alcestis (Edwards, 1876)
S. a. byblis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
S. a. columbia (H. Edwards, 1877)
S. a. ethene (Hemming, 1933)
S. a. manitoba (F. & R. Chermock, 1940)
S. a. whitehousei (Gunder, 1932)
S. a. winni (Gunder, 1932)
Similar species
Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
Northwestern fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)
References
Further reading
Breed, Greg A.; Stichter, Sharon; Crone, Elizabeth E. (February 2013). "Climate-driven changes in northeastern US butterfly communities". Nature Climate Change. 3 (2): 142–145. Bibcode:2013NatCC...3..142B. doi:10.1038/nclimate1663.
Parmesan, Camille (December 2006). "Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change". Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 37 (1): 637–669. doi:10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110100.
External links
Aphrodite Fritillary, Talk about Wildlife
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Aphrodite fritillary
- List of Lepidoptera of Utah
- Great spangled fritillary
- Speyeria hesperis
- List of fritillaries (butterflies)
- Silver-washed fritillary
- Speyeria
- List of butterflies of North America (Nymphalidae)
- List of butterflies of Great Britain
- Argynnis
