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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Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Johnson, Joe)
Region: Cole County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Hess, David)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jan 01, 1992
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stephens, Larissa)
Region: Clay County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R. 1992)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jun 20, 1982
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Cedar County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R. 1982)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jan 01, 1979
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Young, William)
Region: Cass County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R. 1979)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jun 21, 1980
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Gier, Gary)
Region: Camden County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Gier, Gary 1980)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jul 04, 1978
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Iftner, David)
Region: Callaway County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phillip Koenig)
Verified date: Mar 09, 2007
Observation date: Jun 09, 1918
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Glick, Perry)
Region: Caldwell County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R.)
Verified date: Feb 26, 2007
Observation date: Jan 01, 1981
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Warner, Jim)
Region: Buchanan County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R. 1981)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jun 26, 1977
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Riley, Tom)
Region: Boone County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phillip Koenig)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jun 14, 2004
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Koenig, Phillip E.)
Region: Benton County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Koenig, Phillip E. 2004)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Koenig, Phillip E.)
Region: Bates County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phillip Koenig)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jun 17, 2005
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Koenig, Phillip E.)
Region: Barton County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Koenig, Phillip E. 2005)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jul 25, 1978
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Heitzman, J. Richard)
Region: Barry County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Heitzman, J.R. 1978)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jan 01, 1881
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Rowley, R.R.)
Region: Audrain County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Rowley, R.R.)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Aug 29, 2002
Submitted by: legacy.reporter (Stanford, Ray)
Region: Atchison County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Stanford, Ray)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: Jun 23, 1905
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Adair County, Missouri, United States
Verified by: Phillip E. Koenig (Phillip Koenig)
Verified date: Feb 21, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 30, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Madison County, Virginia, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Jan 29, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States
Verified by: davidwright (David Wright)
Verified date: Jan 08, 2007
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Wilkes County, North Carolina, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier (Paul Opler?)
Verified date: Oct 25, 2006
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Sheridan County, Nebraska, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Clay County, Minnesota, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
Observation date: unknown
Submitted by: legacy.reporter
Region: Montgomery County, Ohio, United States
Verified by: legacy.verifier
Verified date: Dec 31, 2004
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