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Speyeria cybele (Great spangled fritillary)

Synonyms: Argynnis baal; Argynnis bartschi (heterotypic); Argynnis cybele; Argynnis daphnis

Wikipedia Abstract

The great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele) is a North American butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.
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Infraspecies

Speyeria cybele carpenterii
Speyeria cybele charlottii
Speyeria cybele cybele
Speyeria cybele eileenae
Speyeria cybele krautwurmi
Speyeria cybele letona
Speyeria cybele novascotiae
Speyeria cybele pseudocarpenteri
Speyeria cybele pugetensis

Attributes

Diet [1]  Herbivore
Hibernates [1]  Yes
Nocturnal [1]  Yes
Wing Span [2]  2.953 inches (.075 m)

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Badlands National Park II 178535 South Dakota, United States
Calvin College Ecosystem Preserve 90 Michigan, United States
Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Boloria selene (Silver-bordered fritillary)1
Speyeria aphrodite (Anemone fritillary)1
Speyeria edwardsii (Edwards’ Fritillary)1
Speyeria idalia (Regal fritillary)1

Consumers

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 2Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 5Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0