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The Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) is a large butterfly species native to North American tallgrass prairies, recognized by its striking sexual dimorphism—males display orange backgrounds with black patterns, while females show dark blue-spotted hindwings. Once widespread across the eastern and c...

The Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae) is a medium-sized butterfly found throughout the southern United States, Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. This species displays bright orange wings with black markings on the upper surface and distinctive metallic silver spots on the unders...

The great spangled fritillary, Speyeria cybele, is a large butterfly in the family Nymphalidae native to much of North America. Adults are orange and black above, while the underside of the hindwing bears prominent silver spots against a brown or reddish background. Females lay eggs near violets, wh...

The Nokomis Fritillary (*Speyeria nokomis*) is a butterfly species native to the southwestern United States, particularly found in regions like Utah, Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico. It exhibits significant sexual dimorphism, where males display bright, tawny orange wings, whereas females possess da...

The callippe fritillary, Speyeria callippe, is a brush footed butterfly native to western North America. Adults are predominantly orange and brown above, while the undersides of the hindwings carry pale or silver colored spots characteristic of many fritillaries. Its larvae feed on violets, and the...

The bog fritillary, Boloria eunomia, is a small butterfly in the family Nymphalidae with a broad distribution across northern Eurasia and parts of North America. It is associated with wet meadows, peat bogs, marshes, and other cool, damp habitats where its larval food plants grow. Its orange upper w...

The Silver-bordered Fritillary (Boloria selene) is a brush-footed butterfly with a Holarctic distribution across North America and Eurasia. Its upper wings are orange with dark markings, while the underside of the hindwings bears conspicuous metallic silver spots along the border. It is typically as...

The Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a North American brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It has orange-brown upper wings with dark markings and occupies prairies, fields, open woods, brushlands, bogs, and mountain meadows across much of Canada and the United States. Its ca...

The Atlantis Fritillary (Speyeria atlantis) is a North American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It inhabits forest edges, clearings, meadows, and other open environments, mainly in northern parts of the continent. Its orange upper wings have extensive black markings, while the undersides are pa...

The Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia, is a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It occurs across parts of North and South America. Adults are recognized by orange wings marked with irregular dark checking rather than a uniform pattern. The species is therefore identifiable by it...

The Meadow Fritillary, Boloria bellona, is a North American brush-footed butterfly with orange upperwings marked by black lines and spots. Its squared-off forewing tips help distinguish it from some related fritillaries, while the hindwing underside is mottled orange and purple-brown and lacks promi...