Taxonomic overview of the greater fritillary genus Speyeria Scudder and the atlantis - hesperis species complexes, with species accounts, type images, and relevant literature (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)
Author
Dunford, James C.
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Insecta Mundi
2009
2009-09-26
2009
90
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.5352660
1942-1354
5352660
Speyeria hesperis viola
dos Passos and Grey, 1945
(
Figure 36
)
Speyeria atlantis viola
dos Passos and Grey, 1945: 10
.
Speyeria hesperis viola
dos Passos and Grey
[
Scott et al. 1998
].
Common name.
Viola’s fritillary
Type deposited.
Holotype
at
American Museum of Natural History
(
Figure 36
).
Type
locality.
Trail Creek, Sawtooth Mountains,
Idaho
.
Type label data.
“
Holotype
[male]
Speyeria atlantis viola
Cyril f. dos Passos and L. Paul Grey; J. D. Gunder collection Ac. 34998; Trail Creek Ida.
7400ft.
VII.11.31; Col. C. W. Herr”.
Identification, taxonomy, and variation.
Both sexes are similar to
S. h.
irene
but are somewhat paler in the disc. Adults are rather small and spots are entirely unsilvered on the ventral hindwings. Adult wingspan ranges from
45-50 mm
.
Range.
Sawtooth Mountains,
Idaho
and eastern
Oregon
.
Life history.
Nothing could be gleaned from the literature.