The Aphrodite Fritillary (Speyeria aphrodite) is a fritillary

Argynnini

Argynnini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has also been classified as subtribe Argynnina of the Heliconiini, or even as a distinct subfamily Argynninae in the Nymphalidae...

 from North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

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

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically.

• 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
  Speyeria atlantis
  The Atlantis Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family of North America. It is from the Avalon Pennisula of Newfoundland and Labrador to northern British Columbia, across northern United States south as far as Colorado and West Virginia...
  
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• Great Spangled Fritillary
  Great Spangled Fritillary
  - Description :The Great Spangled Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It reaches 2 1/8 to 3" in wingspan. It is characterized by its orange color above with five black dashes near fore wing base and several iregualer black dashes at the base of the hind wing. In addition, two rows...
  
   (Speyeria cybele)
• Northwestern Fritillary (Speyeria hesperis
  Speyeria hesperis
  The Northwestern Fritillary is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada, as far east as Manitoba and the Dakotas....
  
  )

External links

• Aphrodite Fritillary, Talk about Wildlife