Aphrodite fritillary explained

The Aphrodite fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary butterfly, from North America.

This orange coloured fritillary has rows of dark dots or chevrons at the wing edges and black or brown lines more proximally.^[1] The ventral sides of the wings are also orange with several rows of white dots.^[2] Its wingspan is between 51 and 73 mm.^[3]

Aphrodite fritillaries are sensitive to temperature ^{[4] [5]} with population trajectories showing declines in response to climate warming trends.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[6]

• S. a. alcestis (Edwards, 1876)
• S. a. byblis (Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
• S. a. columbia (H. Edwards, 1877)
• S. a. ethene (Hemming, 1933)
• S. a. manitoba (F. & R. Chermock, 1940)
• S. a. whitehousei (Gunder, 1932)
• S. a. winni (Gunder, 1932)

Similar species

• Atlantis fritillary (Speyeria atlantis)
• Great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele)
• Northwestern fritillary (Speyeria hesperis)

Further reading

• Breed . Greg A. . Stichter . Sharon . Crone . Elizabeth E. . Climate-driven changes in northeastern US butterfly communities . . February 2013 . 3 . 2 . 142–145 . 10.1038/nclimate1663 . 2013NatCC...3..142B .
• Parmesan . Camille . Ecological and Evolutionary Responses to Recent Climate Change . Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics . December 2006 . 37 . 1 . 637–669 . 10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.37.091305.110100 .

External links

• Aphrodite Fritillary, Talk about Wildlife

Notes and References

1. https://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/species/65-aphrodite-fritillary Aphrodite Fritillary
2. Brock JP and Kaufman K. Kaufman Field Guide to Butterflies of North America, New York:Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
3. http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/species/AphroditeFritillary_e.php Aphrodite Fritillary
4. Geest . Emily A . Baum . Kristen A . 2021-06-01 . Environmental Variables Influencing Five Speyeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Species' Potential Distributions of Suitable Habitat in the Eastern United States . Environmental Entomology . 50 . 3 . 633–648 . 10.1093/ee/nvab001 . 33561201 . 0046-225X. free .
5. Breed . Greg A. . Stichter . Sharon . Crone . Elizabeth E. . 2013 . Climate-driven changes in northeastern US butterfly communities . Nature Climate Change . en . 3 . 2 . 142–145 . 10.1038/nclimate1663 . 2013NatCC...3..142B . 1758-6798.
6. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/heliconiinae/speyeria/ "Speyeria Scudder, 1872"