Argynnis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, one of several groups known as "fritillaries".
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Subfamily: | Heliconiinae |
| Tribe: | Argynnini |
| Genus: | Argynnis Fabricius, 1807 |
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This genus has three subgenera: Argynnis, Fabriciana, and Speyeria. The species of the subgenera Argynnis and Fabriciana are found in Europe and Asia, while those of Speyeria are widespread in North America but also found in Europe and Asia.[1][2]
Systematics
editSeveral current species of Argynnis used to be included in distinct genera, such as Argyreus (for A. hyperbius), Argyronome (for A. laodice, A. ruslana, and A. kuniga), Childrena (forA. childreni and A. zenobia), and Damora (for A. sagana). All of these genera are now viewed as junior synonyms of Argynnis.[3]
Speyeria, Fabriciana, Argynnis have been viewed as separate genera, but Speyeria and Fabriciana are now considered subgenera of the genus Argynnis, with Speyeria encompassing the earlier Mesoacidalia.[1][4]
Species
editThese species are members of the genus Argynnis .[3][4][1][5]
- Subgenus Argynnis
- Argynnis anadyomene Felder, 1861 - (palearctic fritillary)
- Argynnis childreni Gray, 1831 - (large silverstripe)
- Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763) - (tropical fritillary)
- Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771) - (pallas's fritillary)
- Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - (cardinal butterfly)
- Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) - (silver-washed fritillary)
- Argynnis ruslana Motschulsky, 1866
- Argynnis sagana Doubleday, 1847 - (sagana fritillary)
- Argynnis zenobia Leech, 1890
- Subgenus Fabriciana
- Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - (high brown fritillary)
- Argynnis auresiana Frühstorfer, 1908 - (false grayling)
- Argynnis elisa Godart, 1823 - (Corsican fritillary)
- Argynnis jainadeva Moore, 1864 - (highbrown silverspot)
- Argynnis kamala Moore, 1857 - (common silverstripe)
- Argynnis nerippe (Felder, 1862) - (nerippe fritillary)
- Argynnis niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) - (niobe fritillary)
- Argynnis vorax Butler, 1871
- Argynnis xipe Grum-Grshimailo, 1891
- Subgenus Speyeria Scudder, 1872 - (greater fritillaries)
- Argynnis adiaste (W. H. Edwards, 1864) - (adiaste fritillary)
- Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) - (dark green fritillary)
- Argynnis alexandra (Menetries, 1832)
- Argynnis aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) - (Aphrodite fritillary)
- Argynnis atlantis (W. H. Edwards, 1862) - (Atlantis fritillary)
- Argynnis callippe (Boisduval, 1852) - (callippe fritillary)
- Argynnis clara (Blanchard, 1844) - (silverstreak)
- Argynnis coronis (Behr, 1864) - (coronis fritillary)
- Argynnis cybele (Fabricius, 1775) - (great spangled fritillary)
- Argynnis diana (Cramer, 1777) - (Diana fritillary)
- Argynnis edwardsii (Reakirt, 1866) - (Edwards' fritillary)
- Argynnis egleis (Behr, 1862) - (great basin fritillary)
- Argynnis hesperis (W. H. Edwards, 1864) - (hesperis fritillary)
- Argynnis hippolyta Edwards, 1879
- Argynnis hydaspe (Boisduval, 1869) - (hydaspe fritillary)
- Argynnis idalia (Drury, 1773) - (regal fritillary)
- Argynnis irene (Boisduval, 1869) - (northwestern fritillary)
- Argynnis mormonia (Boisduval, 1869) - (Mormon fritillary)
- Argynnis nausicaa Edwards, 1874
- Argynnis nokomis (W. H. Edwards, 1862) - (nokomis fritillary)
- Argynnis zerene (Boisduval, 1852) - (zerene fritillary)
- Not assigned to subgenus
- Argynnis claudia Fawcett, 1904
- Argynnis tropicalis Röber, 1919
- Argynnis westphali Gallo & Della Bruna, 2016 - (Emerald-and-Silver Fritillary)
References
edit- ^ a b c Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul; Grishin, Nick (2020). "Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names". The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8. PMC 8794283. PMID 35098145.
- ^ "Argynnis Fabricius, 1807". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 2023-03-24.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Argynnis Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved October 1, 2019.
- ^ a b Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2019). "Changes to North American butterfly names" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8 (2). ISSN 2643-4806.
External links
edit- Images representing Argynnis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Images representing Argynnis at Encyclopedia of Life
- Genus Argynnis, Greater Fritillaries at iNaturalist
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