#0981 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 11 July 2014 Compared to females (see #8874 below) males (left) have thicker black DFW veins, less black DHW borders, and wider VHW pale submarginal bands. |
#8874 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 2 July 2015 |
#1731 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 8 Aug 2015 |
#3953 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 10 Aug 2014 This female was frenetically crawling through leaf litter to oviposit in several locations. Note that this may well be a Northwestern Fritillary. From this angle, it's difficult to tell for sure. |
#1682 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi) MPG North near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 8 Aug 2015 A year later I witnessed the same thing very near the previous year's sighting. |
#6977 Northwestern Fritillary (Argynnis hesperis) Near Condon, Missoula Co., MT 11 June 2015 Steve K. and I suggest this is an unusually marked Atlantis Fritillary, however we are not certain. |
#7970 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi), left Northwestern Fritillary (Argynnis hesperis), right Near Condon, north of Seeley Lake, Missoula Co., MT 27 June 2015 Nice comparison. Note, compared to the Northwestern Fritillary (right), Atlantis Fritillary shows grayish silver areas between the white spots in the disc, slightly narrower pale submarginal band, and a darker more brown ground color. Both species show blue/gray eyes. |
#8836 Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis hollandi), left Northwestern Fritillary (Argynnis hesperis), right Near Condon, north of Seeley Lake, Missoula Co., MT 2 July 2015 Nice comparison. Note, compared to the Northwestern Fritillary (right), Atlantis Fritillary shows grayish silver areas between the white spots in the disc, slightly narrower pale submarginal band, and a darker more brown ground color. Both species show blue/gray eyes. |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) Lanark Co., Ontario 13 July 2018 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) Reserva Faunique Mastigouche, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 |
Atlantis Fritillary (Argynnis atlantis atlantis) St.-Michel-des-Saints, Quebec 5 Aug 2005 Atlantis Fritillaries in the east show blue-gray eyes, unlike Aphrodite Fritillaries which show yellow-green eyes. |
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