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Atlantis Fritillary

Argynnis atlantis

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) tammor, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 82, February 84, March 133, April 261, May 502, June 235, July 529, August 207, September 168, October 138, November 86, December 77.
Canada8,790
United States7,998
Ontario2,104
New York1,999
Alaska1,098
Vermont993
Alberta958
British Columbia873
New Hampshire683
Nunavut660

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusGreater Fritillaries · Argynnis

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