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Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly

Speyeria cybele

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Field Notes

Description:

Small butterfly, brown in color with some spots.

Habitat:

Outdoors.

Notes:

Thanks to a butterfly website, it's a perfect match for the Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly!

Reference Links:

High Brown Fritillary, Butterflies and Moths of North America | collecting and sharing data about Lepi…

Species ID Suggestions

Great spangled fritillary

Speyeria cybele

Reference Link
KarenL
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Comments (2)
BrandyRichardson
THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for that butterfly website, that is going to be helpful for a long time to come!!! :)
KarenL
Hi Brandy, I think this is a Great Spangled Fritillary. Here is a resource you might find useful - I've done a search on Missouri for you so you have a complete list of butterfly species for your areahttp://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/checklists?species_type=All&tid=56

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PublishedFebruary 7, 2012

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