Speyeria hesperis viola dos Passos and Grey, 1945

Dunford, James 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 2009 (90), pp. 1-74 : 37-38

Speyeria hesperis viola dos Passos and Grey, 1945

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Speyeria atlantis viola dos Passos and Grey, 1945: 10 .

Speyeria hesperis viola dos Passos and Grey [ Scott et al. 1998].

Common name. Viola’s fritillary

Type deposited. Holotype at American Museum of Natural History ( Figure 36 ).

Type locality. Trail Creek, Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho.

Type label data. “ Holotype [male] Speyeria atlantis viola Cyril f. dos Passos and L. Paul Grey; J. D. Gunder collection Ac. 34998; Trail Creek Ida. 7400ft. VII.11.31; Col. C. W. Herr”.

Identification, taxonomy, and variation. Both sexes are similar to S. h. irene but are somewhat paler in the disc. Adults are rather small and spots are entirely unsilvered on the ventral hindwings. Adult wingspan ranges from 45-50 mm.

Range. Sawtooth Mountains, Idaho and eastern Oregon.

Life history. Nothing could be gleaned from the literature.

Figures

Figure 36-40. Type images for Speyeria spp.; dorsal, ventral, and label images. 36) Speyeria hesperis viola holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis viola, male, AMNH. 37) Speyeria hesperis elko holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis elko, male, NVMC. 38) Speyeria hesperis tetonia holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis tetonia, male, AMNH. 39) Speyeria hesperis wasatchia holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis wasatchia, male, AMNH. 40) Speyeria hesperis chitone lectotype, described as Argynnis chitone, male, CMNH. Images 36 and 38-40 by James C. Dunford; 37 by George Baumgartner and Scott Klette.