ML080280210

Butterflies and Moths of North America: Occurrence Maps, Species Accounts, Checklists, and Photographs - Aphrodite Fritillary

ML080280210
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	01/23/2008
From:	Montana State Univ
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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Species Detail I Butterflies and Moths of North America Pagel of2 Butterflies and Moths ofNorth Amer Occurrence maps, species accounts, checklists, and photogral Home Species Detail Site Navigation Aphrodite Fritillary Taxonomic Groups Map Search Speyeria aphrodite(Fabricius, 178; Species Search Image Gallery More Information About Acknowledgments Cite This Resource Contact Us Disclaimer FAQ Get Involved Glossary Links News more images Documented Records for Sp Attributes of Speyeria aphrodite Announcement We are seeking skilled lepidopterists to serve as state Family: Brush-footed Butterflies and regional coordinators. (Nymphalidae)

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Subfamily: Longwings (Heliconiinae)

Identification: Geographically variable.

Upperside reddish orange-brown; male foPrewing with black spot below cell and with no black scales on veins. Underside of h.indwing has pale submarginal band narrow or missing.

Life history: Males patrol for females during warm hours. Females walk about on the ground to lay single eggs near violets. First-stage Record caterpillars do not feed, but overwinter until fData Unavailab]

spring, when they eat young leaves of violets.

[=i No Record F!iýht: One brood from mid-June to mid-September. 0 288 520 780 1040 1380 Wing ..sp.an: 2 1/2 - 3 1/4 inches (6.3 - 8.3 cm).

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Species Detail I Butterflies and Moths of North America Page 2 of 2 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.

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.

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