Attributes of Speyeria callippe
Callippe Fritillary
Speyeria callippe (Boisduval, 1852)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Identification: Upperside tawny to bright red-brown with dark, evenly-spaced markings. Underside has triangular silver submarginal spots with narrow brown edging; other spots large and usually silvered.
Wing Span: 2 - 2 1/2 inches (5 - 6.4 cm).
Life History: Males perch and patrol for females. Eggs are laid singly in litter near violets. Unfed first-stage caterpillars hibernate until spring, when they feed on violet leaves.
Flight: One brood from May-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Violets including Viola purpurea, V. pedunculata, V. beckwithii, V. douglasii, and V. nuttallii.
Adult Food:
Habitat: Sagebrush, chaparral, dry woodland, prairie hills.
Range: Central British Columbia east to South Dakota and Manitoba, south to southern California, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado.
Conservation: Subspecies callippe in California\'s San Francisco Bay Area is threatened with extinction. Speyeria callippe callippe has The Nature Conservancy rank of T1 - Critically imperiled because of extreme rarity (5 or fewer occurrences, or very few remaining individuals), or because of some factor of its biology making it especially vulnerable to extinction. (Critically endangered throughout its range).
NCGR:
Management Needs: Protect and manage populations of subspecies callippe.
Taxonomy Notes:
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The fifty most recently verified sightings are below. See more recently verified sightings of all species.
| Observation Date | Submitter | Region |
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| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Alameda County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Alpine County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Amador County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Butte County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Calaveras County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Colusa County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Contra Costa County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Del Norte County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | El Dorado County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Fresno County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Glenn County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Humboldt County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Inyo County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Kern County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Kings County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Lake County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Lassen County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Los Angeles County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Madera County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Marin County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Mariposa County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Mendocino County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Modoc County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Mono County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Monterey County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Napa County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Nevada County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Orange County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Placer County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Plumas County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Riverside County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Benito County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Diego County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Francisco County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Luis Obispo County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | San Mateo County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Santa Barbara County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Santa Clara County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Shasta County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sierra County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Siskiyou County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Solano County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Sonoma County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Stanislaus County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Tehama County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Trinity County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Tulare County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Tuolumne County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Ventura County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details | |
| January 01, 1950 | legacy.reporter | Yolo County, California, United States | December 31, 2004 | Details |
