Regal Fritillary Butterfly by Rebekah miller

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Regal Fritillary Butterflyby Rebekah miller
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SCIENCTIFIC NAME

• GENIUS Speyeria
• SPECIES
• Speyeria idalia

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HABITAT

• Found in open grasslands (Prairies)
• Wetlands
• Bogs
• Damp meadows

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DESCRIPTION

• Club-like appearance at end of antennae.
• Wingspan 3 to 4 inches.
• Orange colar with black and white hind wings

Underside of Butterfly
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DESTINCTION
MALE On the upper hindwings, the inner row and
the outer row is orange

• FEMALE
• On the upper forewings, they have a dark patch at
  the wing tip and a row of small whit along the
  outer margin.
• On the upper hindwings, they have spots that are
  all pale yellow

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ANATOMY

• Adult

Catterpillar
Cocoon
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EATING

• Caterpillar Stage
• Eats prairie violets
• Eat at night
• Adult Stage
• Milkweed thistles and clover as source of nectar.

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DAILY ACTIVITIES

• Adult males can be found zipping around looking
  for females.
• Adult females usually around feeding or laying
  eggs.

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REPRODUCTION

• Female may lay up to 2,400 eggs (far more than
  any other butterfly at one time

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LIFE CYCLE

• Adult female butterfly lays eggs in late summer
• Eggs hatch as caterpillars later in spring.
• After eating a lot and throught time, they form a
  pupate
• Become a butterfly.

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WHERE FOUND

• Mostly Gasslands and wetlands

• US and South Dakota

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ENDANGERED

• Loss of habitat due to urbanization.
• Pesticides used on their eating source.
• Disease spread especially when kept in small area
  with many in area.
• Butterfly collection

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PREDATORS

• Birds
• Frogs
• Salamanders
• Other bugs
• (at caterpillar stage)

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