Genus of brush-footed butterflies
Speyeria, commonly known as greater fritillaries, is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae commonly found in North America, Europe, and Asia.
Some authors used to consider this taxon a subgenus of "Argynnis", but it has been reestablished as a separate genus in 2017.
Species.
The genus has 3 species in Eurasia (these were formerly known as genus "Mesoacidalia", now a synonym of "Speyeria"):
and 16 species in North America:
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