Callippe Fritillary
 
Location: Rosebud, AB
Date: July 3, 1989		                
          Photo 1

Callippe Fritillary - dorsal
Common Name:  Callippe Fritillary

Latin Name:  Speyeria callippe Boisduval, 1852
                        (N. Kondla, det.)

Length:  50 - 60 mm

Range: Southern third of Alberta

Habitat:  Prairie grasslands, foothills and parkland

Time of year seen: June to September (Additional Sightings)

Caterpillars Diet: Blue prairie violet

Other:  A widespread species occurring from the Pacific coast to Manitoba and south to Colorado. 

 
Photo courtesy N. Kondla ©1989.
         
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