Speyeria edwardsii, the Edwards' fritillary, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae of North America. It is common from Alberta east to Manitoba and south as far as northern New Mexico.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. edwardsii
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| Speyeria edwardsii | |
This butterfly is mostly orange coloured with distinct dark-brown bars on the topside. The wing margins are dark with lighter circles then darker crescents. Silvery spots predominate on the yellowish underside.[3]
Wingspan ranges from 60–86 mm (2.4–3.4 in).[3]
Larva feeds on Viola nuttallii.[4]
Similar species
edit- Great spangled fritillary – S. cybele
- Callippe fritillary – S. callippe
References
edit- ^ a b Edwards' Fritillary, Butterflies and moths of North America
- ^ Jim P. Brock and K. Kaufman. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York, NY:Houghton Mifflin, 2003.
- ^ a b Edwards' Fritillary, Butterflies of Canada
- ^ "Speyeria Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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