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Posted: 12 Aug 2022

Taken: 11 Aug 2022

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Variegated fritillary

Variegated fritillary
Euptoieta claudia
Thanks to Richard Brown for the identification.
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16 comments - The latest ones
 Simone Maurel
Simone Maurel club
superbe;très peu chez nous cette année....trop chaud
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Simone Maurel club
Ç'est trop chaud ici aussi, Simone. Merci pour ta visite.
2 years ago.
 Eva Lewitus
Eva Lewitus club
So many beautiful butterflies!
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Eva Lewitus club
Yes, there are many of them. Thank for your visit and comment, Eva.
2 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
I'm not even going to try with the ID of this one............my record is not very good lately :-)))

It's definitely a beauty though..........and a lovely capture!

Enjoy the rest of the day.............and have an enjoyable weekend. Stay cool if you can!
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. I have a thick book about the butterflies and moths of eastern North America. It is an overwhelming subject. If I get desperate, I have a friend at the university who is an expert on moths.
2 years ago.
 Ecobird
Ecobird club
A lovely butterfly Ronald and an excellent capture.
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Ecobird club
Thank you very much, Carol.
2 years ago.
 Benoit Finoux
Benoit Finoux
très joli papillon
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Benoit Finoux
Merci beaucoup, Benoit.
2 years ago.
 ©UdoSm
©UdoSm club
Beautiful...
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to ©UdoSm club
Thank you very much, Udo.
2 years ago.
 Doerthe
Doerthe club
Checkerspots all have rounded wings.
After long searching I found it, it is a Freija Fritillary, Boloria freija.
Great find! Congratulations. Yours looks faded, but could be that it is old.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boloria_freija#/media/File:Boloria_freija_45761648_(cropped).jpg
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has replied to Doerthe club
Thanks for checking on that, Dörthe. This is far from the range of the Freija fritillary, but you got me looking for a better match. I am thinking it may be a great spangled fritillary (Speyeria cybele).
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has added
A friend of mine is a professional lepidopterist. If he is in town, I'll ask him.
2 years ago.
Ronald Losure club has added
Ron, this is the Variegated Fritillary, Euptoieta claudia. Have a nice day. Richard

Richard L. Brown
W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Director Emeritus, Mississippi Entomological Museum
Dept. Biochemistry, Molecular Biology,
Entomology & Plant Pathology
2 years ago.

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