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. text Insecta Mundi 2009 2009-09-26 2009 90 1 74 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.5352660 1942-1354 5352660 Speyeria hesperis capitanensis R. Holland , 1988 ( Figure 46 ) Speyeria atlantis capitanensis R. Holland , 1988: 2 . Speyeria hesperis capitanensis R. Holland [ Scott et al. 1998 ]. Common name. Capitan Mountain fritillary. Type deposited. Holotype at American Museum of Natural History ( Figure 46 ). Type locality. Padilla Point, crest of Capitan Ridge, Capitan Mountains, Lincoln County, New Mexico . Type label data. “ HOLOTYPE Speyeria atlantis capitanensis R . Holland ; 10.VII.82 leg. RWH Padilla Pt. 9200’ crest of Capitan Mts. Lincoln Co., NM; Figured in Bulletin of the Allyn Museum Number 113 Fig. 2B + 4 Specimen 13664; 13664. RWH S. atlantis ssp”. Identification, taxonomy, and variation. This subspecies is intermediate phenotypically between S. h. nausicaa and S. h. dorothea , more closely resembling S. h . dorothea . Adult wingspan ranges from 60- 79 mm . Range. Capitan and Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico . Life history. I observed adults using roadside flowers for nectar and would use streams as flyways in the Capitan Mountains ( Figure 52 ). Adults were active from mid to late morning hours through the early afternoon.