Great Spangled Fritillary
Speyeria cybele (Fabricius, 1775)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Identification: Large. Upperside of male tan to orange with black scales on forewing veins; female tawny, darker than male. Underside of hindwing with wide pale submarginal band and large silver spots.
Wing Span: 2 1/2 - 4 inches (6.3 - 10.1 cm).
Life History: Males patrol open areas for females. Eggs are laid in late summer on or near host violets. Newly-hatched caterpillars do not feed, but overwinter until spring, when they eat young violet leaves.
Flight: One brood from mid-June to mid-September.
Caterpillar Hosts: Various violet species (Viola).
Adult Food: Nectar from many species of flowers including milkweeds, thistles, ironweed, dogbane, mountain laurel, verbena, vetch, bergamot, red clover, joe-pye weed, and purple coneflower.
Habitat: Open, moist places including fields, valleys, pastures, right-of-ways, meadows, open woodland, prairies.
Range: Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to central California, New Mexico, central Arkansas, and northern Georgia. Comments: The most common fritillary throughout most of the eastern United States.
Conservation: Not usually required.
NCGR: G5 - Demonstrably secure globally, though it may be quite rare in parts of its range, especially at the periphery.
Management Needs: None reported.
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Observation date: Jul 10, 2022
Submitted by: rapids
Region: Ontario, Canada
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Observation date: Sep 10, 2021
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Region: Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States
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Region: Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Butler County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Ontario, Canada
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Region: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Oxford County, Maine, United States
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Region: Adair County, Missouri, United States
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Region: Oxford County, Maine, United States
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Region: Oxford County, Maine, United States
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Region: Oxford County, Maine, United States
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Region: Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Region: Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States
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Observation date: Oct 02, 2020
Submitted by: Paul Septoski
Region: Morgan County, Indiana, United States
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Verified date: Jun 22, 2022
Observation date: Jun 16, 2021
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Region: Giles County, Virginia, United States
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Region: Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
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Region: Ottawa County, Kansas, United States
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Observation date: Jun 16, 2022
Submitted by: Lisa H
Region: Ottawa County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: James Steen
Verified date: Jun 17, 2022
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