Hydaspe Fritillary
A perfect example of a Hydaspe fritillary butterfly feeds on a showy milkweed in the Carson National Forest of Northern New Mexico. This species is a somewhat common brushfoot butterfly found in the western mountains of North America, especially in the Sierras, Cascades and Rocky Mountains.
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- Keywords
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Animalia, Argynnini, Arthropoda, Carson National Forest, Insecta, Lepidoptera, New Mexico, Nymphalidae, Rhopalocera, Rio Arriba County, Speyeria, Speyeria hydaspe, animal, antennae, arthropod, beautiful, beauty, black, bright, brown, bug, butterfly, color, colorful, critter, fauna, fritillary, hydaspe fritillary, insect, invertebrate, national forest, native, natural, nature, orange, pattern, southwest, spot, spotted, spring, summer, white, wildlife, wing, wings
- Contained in galleries
- Brushfoots
