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Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

Speyeria cybele

Photo by lflavora
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Field Notes

Description:

These Fritillary are abundant here in the northeast US in the latter half of summer.

Habitat:

Open, moist places including fields, valleys, pastures, right-of-ways, meadows, open woodland, prairies.

Notes:

See http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Speyeria-cybele.

Reference Links:

Encyclopedia of Life, Great Spangled Fritillary, Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

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