regal fritillary
(Speyeria idalia)
| Conservation Status | IUCN Red List |
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N3 - Vulnerable S3 - Vulnerable |
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Minnesota |
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| Occurrence | Uncommon |
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| Flight/Season | One brood: mid-June to early September. |
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| Habitat | Tall grass prairie, wet fields, meadows, marshes. |
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| Size | 2⅝″ to 4⅛″ wingspan |
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| Larval Food | In Minnesota, mostly prairie violet (Viola pedatifida var. pedatifida), but also birdfoot violet (Viola pedata) and possibly northern bog violet is (Viola nephrophylla). |
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| Adult Food | Nectar from flowers of milkweed, thistle, red clover, and mountain mint. |
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| Taxonomy | Order: |
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) |
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Glossata |
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Neolepidoptera |
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Heteroneura |
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Ditrysia |
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Obtectomera |
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Superfamily: |
Papilionoidea (butterflies [excluding skippers]) |
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Family: |
Nymphalidae (brush-foots) |
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Subfamily: |
Heliconiinae (longwings, fritillaries and silverspots) |
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Tribe: |
Argynnini |
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| Common Names |
regal fritillary |
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Female, Sept. 18, 2014 |
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| Regal Fritillary Butterfly Research PA National Guard |
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Published on Jul 11, 2013 Julie Eckenrode, a conservation biologist at Fort Indiantown Gap, describes the rare Regal Fritillary Butterfly—which is found almost exclusively on post—and details the efforts that she and her colleagues are making to bolster and expand the population. |
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| Regal Fritillary pengelhard1 |
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Uploaded on Dec 7, 2011 No description available. |
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| Regal Fritillary hersheyEntertainment |
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Published on Apr 12, 2012 The Regal Fritillary is a very rare butterfly, approximately two to three and half inches across. ZooAmerica is helping restore the population by releasing up to 700 butterflies in the nearby Indiantown Gap area. |
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| Regal Fritillary Butterfly lives in military impact area Bob Smith |
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Uploaded on Mar 1, 2011 This rare insect lives at Fort Indiantown Gap, in central Pennsylvania, right in the middle of training areas. How does this work? Well, it does. I did this piece for National Guard Bureau Public affairs. |
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| Regal Fritillaries at Maxwell WA kdwpinfo |
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Uploaded on Jun 24, 2010 Abundant regal fritillary butterflies show that the prairie habitat is in great shape at Maxwell Game Refuge near Canton. Visit KDWP wildlife areas for the best of the Kansas outdoors. |
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| Laura Baxley 7/11/2018 |
Location: Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie |
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| Dave Jungst 9/18/2014 |
Location: Pope County, Ben Wade Township, on a WPA Female, Sept. 18, 2014 |
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| Dave Jungst 9/10/2013 |
Location: Pope County, Chippewa Falls Township, near Terrace Female, Sept. 10, 2013 |
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