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.
Comments: NULL
Verified Sightings
Displaying 1 - 24 of 672 verified sightings
Observation date: Aug 11, 2018
Submitted by: BarryN
Region: Albany County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Oct 22, 2018
Observation date: Jul 04, 2018
Submitted by: sgguthart
Region: Larimer County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Oct 11, 2018
Observation date: Jun 28, 2018
Submitted by: stevecary
Region: Ouray County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: Oct 11, 2018
Observation date: Jul 09, 2016
Submitted by: dharlette
Region: Contra Costa County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jul 26, 2018
Observation date: Jul 09, 2018
Submitted by: dharlette
Region: Contra Costa County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jul 26, 2018
Observation date: Jun 18, 2018
Submitted by: TomPeterson
Region: Santa Clara County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jun 25, 2018
Observation date: May 26, 2018
Submitted by: Robert Gorman
Region: California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 27, 2018
Observation date: May 18, 2018
Submitted by: ezeemonee
Region: Los Angeles County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 20, 2018
Observation date: Jul 09, 2016
Submitted by: dharlette
Region: Contra Costa County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Oct 27, 2017
Observation date: Jul 22, 2017
Submitted by: brenthaglund
Region: Contra Costa County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Oct 23, 2017
Observation date: Jul 13, 2017
Submitted by: sseagrave
Region: Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jul 20, 2017
Observation date: May 29, 2017
Submitted by: Selwyn Quan
Region: Santa Clara County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 31, 2017
Observation date: May 08, 2017
Submitted by: diwalks2@gmail.com
Region: Riverside County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 11, 2017
Observation date: Jul 05, 2014
Submitted by: PDunwiddie
Region: Kittitas County, Washington, United States
Verified by: davidwdroppers
Verified date: Jan 05, 2017
Observation date: Jun 13, 2016
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Tulare County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jul 31, 2016
Observation date: Jun 08, 2016
Submitted by: ncrosbyrd
Region: Ventura County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jul 21, 2016
Observation date: Jul 09, 2016
Submitted by: dharlette
Region: Contra Costa County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Jul 13, 2016
Observation date: Jun 12, 2016
Submitted by: CMA
Region: Meade County, South Dakota, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jun 29, 2016
Observation date: Jun 22, 2016
Submitted by: wwittkop
Region: Campbell County, Wyoming, United States
Verified by: J_Martineau
Verified date: Jun 29, 2016
Observation date: May 02, 2016
Submitted by: MAKI
Region: San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: May 05, 2016
Observation date: Apr 21, 2016
Submitted by: Bdog
Region: Riverside County, California, United States
Verified by: Ken Davenport
Verified date: Apr 25, 2016
Observation date: Jun 21, 2015
Submitted by: ColoradEO
Region: Boulder County, Colorado, United States
Verified by: azukoff
Verified date: Mar 02, 2016
Observation date: Jul 07, 2015
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Feb 11, 2016
Observation date: Jul 31, 2015
Submitted by: bobscafe
Region: British Columbia, Canada
Verified by: Norbert Kondla
Verified date: Feb 11, 2016
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