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Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele

Notes:

is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is distinguished from the Aphrodite and Atlantis Fritillaries by a wide light submarginal band on the hindwing. It starts flying before dawn and returns to rest in mid-afternoon

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Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele Great Spangled Fritillary


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5 Comments

TracyL
TracyL 12 years ago

yes thank you for the site its awesome!

Annie T
Annie T 12 years ago

Thanks for the great site Laura

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

Thanks a lot..!!

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

If you want to ID the rest of the lovely butterfly pictures you uploaded, I just found this website http://www.pbase.com/lejun/native_americ... Has all the thumbnails visible so should be really easy to use as a guide! :)

Ashish Nimkar
Ashish Nimkar 12 years ago

I thought its Painted lady..but its very different..

TracyL
Spotted by
TracyL

Massachusetts, USA

Spotted on May 24, 2011
Submitted on May 24, 2011

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