Speyeria aphrodite: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Speyeria
- Species
- Speyeria aphrodite
- Scientific Name
- Speyeria aphrodite
Summary description from Wikipedia:
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.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Speyeria adiaste
- Speyeria aglaja
- Speyeria alexandra
- Speyeria aphrodite
- Speyeria atlantis
- Speyeria callippe
- Speyeria clara
- Speyeria coronis
- Speyeria cybele
- Speyeria diana
- Speyeria edwardsii
- Speyeria egleis
- Speyeria hesperis
- Speyeria hippolyta
- Speyeria hydaspe
- Speyeria idalia
- Speyeria mormonia
- Speyeria nokomis
- Speyeria zerene






























































































































































