Speyeria

Greater fritillaries
Speyeria cybele feeding on Asclepias tuberosa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Argynnini
Genus: Speyeria
Scudder, 1872
Species

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Synonyms
  • Mesoacidalia Reuss, 1926
  • Neoacidalia Reuss, 1926
  • Proacidalia Reuss, 1926
  • Semnopsyche Scudder, 1875

Speyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia. Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of Argynnis, but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ Savela, Markku. "Speyeria Scudder, 1872". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 1, 2019.