Taxonavigation

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Heliconiinae
Tribus: Argynnini
Genus: Speyeria
Species: S. adiaste – S. aglaja – S. alexandra – S. aphrodite – S. atlantis – S. callippe – S. carolae – S. clara – S. coronis – S. cybele – S. diana – S. edwardsii – S. egleis – S. hesperis – S. hydaspe – S. idalia – S. mormonia – S. nokomis – S. zerene

Name

Speyeria Scudder, 1872

Type species: Papilio idalia Drury, [1773].

References

• Campbell, E.O., Gage, E.V., Gage, R.V. & Sperling, F.A.H. 2020. Single nucleotide polymorphism‐based species phylogeny of greater fritillary butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Speyeria) demonstrates widespread mitonuclear discordance. Systematic Entomology 45(2): 269–280. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12393 Reference page. 

• De Moya, R. S., Savage, W. K., Tenney, C., Bao, X., Wahlberg, N. & Hill, R. I., 2017. Interrelationships and diversification of Argynnis Fabricius and Speyeria Scudder butterflies. Systematic Entomology 42(4): 635–649. DOI: 10.1111/syen.12236 Reference page. 

• dos Passos, C.F. & Grey, L.P. 1945. Systematic catalog of Speyeria (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) with designations of types and fixations of type localities. American Museum Novitates 1297: 1–30. Reference page. 

• Dunford, J. C. 2009. Taxonomic overview of the greater fritillary genus Speyeria Scudder and the atlantis - hesperis species complexes, with species accounts, type images, and relevant literature (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insecta Mundi 0090: 1–74. PDF Reference page. 

• Emmel, T. & Austin, G., 1998. What is Argynnis carolae? The Cytotaxonomy and Systematic Position of a Speyeria Relic from Nevada (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). In Systematics of Western North American Butterflies. 34: 443-450. Reference page. 

• Simonsen, T.J. 2006. Fritillary phylogeny, classification, and larval host plants: reconstructed mainly on the basis of male and female genitalic morphology (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Argynnini). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 89(4): 627–673. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2006.00697.x . Reference page. 

• Simonsen, T.J., Wahlberg, N., Brower, A.V.Z. & de Jong, R. 2006. Morphology, molecules and fritillaries: approaching a stable phylogeny for Argynnini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Insect Systematics & Evolution 37: 405–418. DOI: 10.1163/187631206788831407 . PDF. Reference page.