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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Alleghany Co., NC |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Mt. Mitchell State Park, Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Watauga Co., NC 23 Aug 2016 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Ashe Co., NC 12 July 2008 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Orange Co., NC 6 June 2006 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Buncombe Co., NC 26 June 2004 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Orange Co., NC 6 June 2006 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Durham Co., NC 5 Oct 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Orange Co., NC 26 May 2018 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Mayo River S.P., Rockingham Co., NC 6 Sep 2023 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Person Co., NC 13 June 2006 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Watauga Co., NC 27 June 2004 Here's a mix of Great Spangleds (mostly) enjoying a patch of knapweed at Moses Cone Park along the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Alleghany Co., NC 1 July 2006 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Yancey Co., NC 13 Sep 2008 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Allegan Co., MI 5 July 2004 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Buncombe Co., NC 26 June 2004 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 25 May 2007 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Rougemont, Orange Co., NC 16 May 2017 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Madison Co., NC 18 May 2023 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Madison Co., NC 18 May 2023 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Wilkes Co., NC 23 May 2023 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Bluestem Conservation Cemetery, Orange Co., NC 3 Sep 2024 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 30 Aug 2024 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Walker Knob, Buncombe Co., NC 13 July 2011 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Reveler Conservation Area, Stormont Co., Ontario 16 July 2018 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 28 May 2010 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 28 May 2010 Mated pair. |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Duke Forest, Orange Co., NC 28 May 2010 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Orange Co., NC 5 June 2011 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele) Muscatatuck NWR, Jackson Co., IN 27 July 2015 |
In North America, this species is very widespread, ranging from coast to coast with many subspecies and much variation. Western populations have been treated as separate species (Leto Fritillary) and are much more sexually dimorphic with females being quite darker (see below).
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#9333 Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Fresno Dome, Madera Co., CA 10 July 2007 |
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Males are quite orange with less strongly marked dorsal black spotting than most other Speyeria in the West. This species also has fewer silvered spots in the underhindwing. |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 15 July 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 15 July 2013 |
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Females have a very dark brown disc on all wings. |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 17 July 2013 Unlike many species of Speyeria which have blue-gray eyes, Great Spangled Fritillaries have amber-colored eyes. |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 4 Sep 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 4 Sep 2013 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 4 Sep 2013 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 19 Sep 2013 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 July 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 July 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 9 July 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 9 July 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 26 July 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 26 July 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 28 July 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 28 July 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 3 July 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT 7 Aug 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Below Mt. Baldy, Missoula Co., MT 2 Aug 2014 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Woodchuck Creek, Missoula Co., MT 25 Aug 2014 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Woodchuck Creek, Missoula Co., MT 4 July 2015 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Davis Creek, Missoula Co., MT 1 July 2015 |
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Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Woodchuck Creek, Missoula Co., MT 4 July 2015 |
Great Spangled Fritillary (Speyeria cybele leto) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 4 July 2015 |
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