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Species of butterfly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.
Aphrodite fritillary | |
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S. a. alcestis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Speyeria |
Species: | S. aphrodite |
Binomial name | |
Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) | |
This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally.[2] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots.[3] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.[4]
Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature [5][6] with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends.[6]
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