Species Details
Euptoieta claudia
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Common NameVariegated Fritillary
SeasonalityMigrants arrive in June, and their offspring emerge mid July to mid August, occasionally into Oct.
IdentificationUnlike the Speyeria fritillaries, the underside lacks all silvery markings. The elongate forewing shape is also unique. There are no described subspecies.
Scientific Name
Euptoieta claudia
Common Name
Variegated Fritillary
Habitat
Prairie and alpine meadows, pastures, and roadsides; migratory and ubiquitous.
Seasonality
Migrants arrive in June, and their offspring emerge mid July to mid August, occasionally into Oct.
Identification
Unlike the Speyeria fritillaries, the underside lacks all silvery markings. The elongate forewing shape is also unique. There are no described subspecies.
Life History
The pale green or cream-coloured eggs are laid singly (Scott 1986). Grown larvae are reddish with black and white bands and black spines (Layberry et al. 1998). The strikingly ornate pupa is shiny greenish-cream with…
The pale green or cream-coloured eggs are laid singly (Scott 1986). Grown larvae are reddish with black and white bands and black spines (Layberry et al. 1998). The strikingly ornate pupa is shiny greenish-cream with small black dots and gold tubercles (Scott 1986).
Conservation
Not of concern.
Diet Info
Scott (1986) lists many larval hosts in 10 different families, some of which are strictly tropical. Potential hosts that occur in Alberta include violets (Viola), plantain (Plantago), flax (Linum) and stonecrop…
Scott (1986) lists many larval hosts in 10 different families, some of which are strictly tropical. Potential hosts that occur in Alberta include violets (Viola), plantain (Plantago), flax (Linum) and stonecrop (Sedum). Gary Anweiler observed a female ovipositing on a tiny, unfurling violet leaf on a campground gravel pad near Trochu.
Range
The distribution is centered on central America, ranging south to Argentina and occasionally migrating as far north as southern Canada. A single record from Churchill, Manitoba (Scott 1986, Layberry et al. 1998).
Citation
Page Citation for Euptoieta claudia
Page Citation
"Species Details - Euptoieta claudia, University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum." University of Alberta Museums Search Site, https://search.museums.ualberta.ca/g/2-2831. Accessed 07 May. 2024.
References
Author
Layberry, Ross A.; Hall, Peter W. and J. Donald LaFontaine
Title
The Butterflies of Canada
Publication Date
1998
Pages
280
Author
Scott, J. A.
Title
The Butterflies of North America : a natural history and field guide
Publication Date
1986
Pages
583 pp.
Specimen Information
There are 25 specimens of this Species.
UASM24282 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Writing-On-Stone Provincial Park
Collected ByAnweiler, G. G.
Date Collected2002-09-01/2002-09-04
UASM21542 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary
Collected BySalt, George
Date Collected1919-10-06
UASM21543 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Blackfalds
Date Collected1905-08-09
UASM21544 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary
Collected BySalt, George
Date Collected1919-06-10
UASM21545 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, High River
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1914-07-31
UASM21546 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Barrier Lake
Collected BySchmidt, B. C.
Date Collected1997-08-07
UASM21547 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer
Collected ByBowman, K.
Date Collected1906-07-30
UASM21548 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1919-06-22
UASM21549 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1919-06-22
UASM21550 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Edmonton
Date Collected1920-08-13
UASM21551 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary
Date Collected1919-10-06
UASM21552 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Calgary
Date Collected1919-10-06
UASM25033 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Plateau Mountain
Collected ByLawrie, D.
Date Collected1990-07-23
UASM25034 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Red Deer River
Collected ByLawrie, D.
Date Collected1987-06-21
UASM25035 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Patricia
Collected ByLawrie, D.
Date Collected1983-07-15
BIRD29482 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Dry Island Buffalo Jump Provincial Park
Collected ByBird, C. D.
Date Collected2007-07-07
UASM211850 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, McLeod River
Collected ByNazari, V.
Date Collected2003-09-20
UASM211851 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Bragg Creek
Collected ByAnderson, R. L.
Date Collected1989-08-14
UASM211852 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Cochrane
Collected ByAnderson, R. L.
Date Collected1985-08-18
UASM211853 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedCanada: Alberta, Kananaskis Country, Moose Mountain
Collected ByAnderson, R. L.
Date Collected1986-07-20
UASM211854 - Euptoieta claudia
University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum
Place CollectedUnited States: Texas, Starr county, Falcon State Park
Collected ByAnderson, R. L.
Date Collected1987-05-21