Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly Images

Great Spangled Fritillary Butterfly Images, Facts and Information:

Argynnis cybele which used to be Speyeria cybele

  • Male Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies are tan to orange with black scales on forewing veins, females are tawny and darker than males.
  • Adult Great Spangled Fritillary butterflies nectar from many species of flowers including milkweeds, thistles, ironweed, dogbane, mountain laurel, verbena, vetch, bergamot, red clover, joe-pye weed, and purple coneflower. Hosts for the caterpillars of this species are various violet species.
  • Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly habitats include open, moist places including fields, valleys, pastures, right-of-ways, meadows, open woodland, prairies.
  • Their range is from Alberta east to Nova Scotia, south to central California, New Mexico, central Arkansas, and northern Georgia.

I hope you enjoy viewing my Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly photos.

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