Talk:Aphrodite fritillary

I'm not an expert, but after trying to use this and the great spangled fritillary wikis to identify the butterfly my son found, I instead found myself on sites such as https://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/species/64-great-spangled-fritillary that indicate both pictures (closed and open winged top pictures) in this article are Great Spangled Fritillaries rather than Aphrodite Fritillaries. The pictures of Aphrodite Fritillary elsewhere show no noticeable variation in the brown shade of the lower underside of the wing, much less a noticeably lighter band between the outer silver (white) spots. The pictures elsewhere also show that aphrodite fritillary has a few white spots on the undersides of the upper tip wing, where as the spangled might have lighter tan, but not silver-white spots. As to the open-wing picture, all the spangled pictures I've seen elsewhere indicate that the outer wing edge of all four wing parts is brown/orange edged with black stripes and dashes, like the open-winged one in this article. However, a search of open-winged Aphrodite Fritillary at dedicated butterfly sites show that the inside of the forewings can be clouded with grey to black bands giving way to orange/brown bands edged with black stripes. Another open-winged difference I observed was that the center of great spangled tends to be a noticeably darker orange/brown, such as the example pictured in this article. In all the other pictures of confirmed Aphrodite Fritillary I've compared, the topsides of the wings are a nearly uniform shade of orange/brown, perhaps a hint darker in a smaller area near the body, but not nearly as pronounced as it is for the great spangled and in this picture.

This is all talk for, I've made some fairly solid observations that the leading pictures for the wiki on Aphrodite Fritillary are, in fact, Great Spangled Fritillary instead, causing confusion for people who like to wiki-first when identifying a butterfly they spotted. I'd love for a butterfly expert to reply and either fix the wiki pictures here, or respond here why my observations are incorrect. Thanks!


 * You are correct. The eyes are supposed to be yellow-green and a spot is missing in the upperside, forewing. The pictures are, as you suggest, of a Great Spangled Fritillary.  I will remove the pictures. Dger (talk) 02:53, 31 July 2013 (UTC)

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