Regal Fritillary
Speyeria idalia (Drury, 1773)
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Heliconiinae
Identification: Large. Upperside of forewing bright red-orange with black markings. Upperside of hindwing black with postmedian row of white spots; submarginal row of spots is orange in male and white in female.
Wing Span: 2 5/8 - 4 1/8 inches (6.7 - 10.5 cm).
Life History: Males patrol for females with a low, steady flight. Females walk through vegetation to lay single eggs on various plants, even if the host violets are not present. Most eggs are laid in August. The caterpillars hatch and overwinter unfed; in spring they eat leaves of host plants.
Flight: One brood from mid-June to mid-August.
Caterpillar Hosts: Violets including bird\'s foot violet (Viola pedata).
Adult Food: Nectar from flowers of milkweeds, thistles, red clover, and mountain mint.
Habitat: Tall-grass prairie and other open sites including damp meadows, marshes, wet fields, and mountain pastures.
Range: Tall-grass prairie remnants in Montana and North Dakota south to Colorado, Nebraska, and Oklahoma; rare or absent from former range east of the Appalachians.
Conservation: Rapidly vanishing or declining in much of its range. A species of concern for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. All populations should be conserved.
NCGR: G3 - Very rare or local throughout its range or found locally in a restricted range (21 to 100 occurrences). (Threatened throughout its range).
Management Needs: Monitor populations and manage populations on public lands and preserves.
Comments: NULL
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Verified date: Sep 06, 2010
Observation date: Aug 24, 2009
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Steve Craig, Amy Short)
Region: Barton County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Jan 07, 2010
Observation date: Jun 08, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Wedge Watkins)
Region: Boone County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Wedge Watkins)
Verified date: Jan 05, 2010
Observation date: Sep 18, 2009
Submitted by: James G. Klingler (Jim Klingler)
Region: Nemaha County, Kansas, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Oct 16, 2009
Observation date: Jul 02, 2009
Submitted by: SusanLouise (Susan Louise Whitney)
Region: Lancaster County, Nebraska, United States
Verified by: paulopler (Paul Opler)
Verified date: Sep 24, 2009
Observation date: Jun 10, 1961
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Heitzman, J.R.)
Region: Craig County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J. R.)
Verified date: Apr 03, 2009
Observation date: Jul 30, 2003
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Fisher, John)
Region: Pawnee County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Nelson, John M.)
Verified date: Apr 03, 2009
Observation date: Jun 08, 2006
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Nelson, John M. & Fisher, John)
Region: Craig County, Oklahoma, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Nelson, John M.)
Verified date: Apr 03, 2009
Observation date: Aug 18, 2008
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Lyon County, Iowa, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Oct 03, 2008
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Willis J. Linscheid)
Region: Watonwan County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Sep 24, 2008
Observation date: Aug 19, 1985
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jul 24, 1995
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jul 11, 1995
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Terri Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Aug 27, 1979
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jul 28, 1980
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jun 12, 1977
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jul 24, 1991
Submitted by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Region: Nobles County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Mar 11, 2008
Observation date: Jun 08, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Phil Koenig)
Region: Harrison County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Feb 01, 2008
Observation date: Jun 07, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Phil Koenig)
Region: Holt County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Feb 01, 2008
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 08, 2008
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 08, 2008
Observation date: Aug 11, 1970
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Richard Boscoe)
Region: Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 08, 2008
Observation date: Jun 30, 2007
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Tommie Rogers)
Region: Holt County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Phil Koenig)
Verified date: Nov 13, 2007
Observation date: Jul 01, 2007
Submitted by: Mo Whalen (Maurice Whalen)
Region: Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: Tom Middagh (Tom Middagh)
Verified date: Sep 04, 2007
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