ML070720475

Butterflies and Moths of North America, Aphrodite Fritillary Species Detail

ML070720475
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	03/07/2007
From:	Montana State Univ
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
ALICIA MULLINS 301-415-1224
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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America Species Detail Aphrodite Fritillary Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787)

Attributes of Speyeria Documented Records for Speyeria aphrodite aphrodite Family: Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae)

Identification: Geographically variable. Upperside reddish orange-brown; male forewing with black spot below cell and with no black scales on veins.

Underside of hindwing has pale submarginal band narrow or missing.

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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America Life history: Males patrol for females during warm hours.

Females walk about on the ground to lay single eggs near violets. First-stage caterpillars do not feed, but overwinter Display alternate map range:

until spring, when they eat young leaves of violets.

North America Flight: One brood from mid- Submit June to mid-September.

Wing span: 2 1/2 - 3 1/4 inches (6.3 - 8.3 cm).

Caterpillar hosts: Various violet species including northern downy violet (Viola fimbriatula) and lance-leaved violet (V. lanceolata).

Adult food: Nectar from flowers of milkweed and viper

\'s bugloss, among others.

Habitat: Moist prairies, high mountain meadows, openings in barrens, brushland, dry fields, open oak woods, bogs.

Range: Canada south of the taiga from Nova Scotia west through the northern Midwest and Great Plains to the Rocky Mountains, then south in the mountains to east-central Arizona and northern New Mexico; south in the Appalachians to northern Georgia.

Conservation: Not usually required.

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Species Detail l Butterflies and Moths of North America NatureServe Global Status:

G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.

Management needs: None reported.

Hosted and maintained by the Big Sky Institute at Montana State University and the NBII Mountain Prairie Information Node.

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