Euptoieta claudia information

Variegated fritillary
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euptoieta
Species:	E. claudia
Binomial name
	Euptoieta claudia; (Cramer, 1775)

Euptoieta claudia, the variegated fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. Even though the variegated fritillary has some very different characteristics from the Speyeria fritillaries, it is still closely related to them. Some of the differences are: variegated fritillaries have two or three broods per year vs. one per year in Speyeria; they are nomadic vs. sedentary; and they use a wide range of host plants vs. just violets. And because of their use of passionflowers as a host plant, variegated fritillaries also have taxonomic links to the heliconians. Their flight is low and swift, but even when resting or nectaring, this species is extremely difficult to approach, and, because of this, its genus name was taken from the Greek word euptoietos meaning "easily scared".^[2]

^ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Euptoieta claudia Variegated Fritillary". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
^ Rich Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). The Butterflies of the East Coast. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 0-691-09055-6

[1] "NatureServe Explorer 2.0 Euptoieta claudia Variegated Fritillary". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 3 October 2020.

[rcgt-2] Rich Cech and Guy Tudor (2005). The Butterflies of the East Coast. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey. ISBN 0-691-09055-6

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Variegated fritillary

Conservation status
Secure (NatureServe)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Euptoieta
Species:	E. claudia
Binomial name
*Euptoieta claudia* (Cramer, 1775)