** Zerene Fritillary, Speyeria zerene

* Speyeria Zerene, University of Alberta, Entomology Collection

Zerene eurydice, the California dogface butterfly, is sometimes placed in the related genus as Colias eurydice.

** Aphrodite Fritillary, Speyeria aphrodite

** Atlantis Fritillary, Speyeria atlantis

** Calippe Fritillary, Speyeria callippe

** Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele

** Diana Fritillary, Speyeria diana

** Northwestern Fritillary, Speyeria hesperis

** Hydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe

The Great Spangled Fritillary ( Speyeria cybele ) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

Females tend to be darker than males and individuals from the western reaches of this species range tend to be brighter orange. Similar species include the Aphrodite Fritillary ( Speyeria aphrodite ), the Atlantis Fritillary ( Speyeria atlantis ) and the Northwestern Fritillary ( Speyeria hesperis ). It is distinguished from the Aphrodite and Atlantis Fritillaries by a wide light submarginal band on the hindwing and instead of black spots, black dashes form on the margins of the fore wing.

hebridensis is endemic to the Hebrides and there are local variants of the Dark Green Fritillary and Green-veined White butterflies.

The Snake's Head Fritillary ( F. meleagris ) is the county flower of Oxfordshire ( UK ) and the provincial flower of Uppland ( Sweden ) where it is known as kungsängslilja (" Kungsängen lily ").

The Kamchatka Fritillary ( F. camschatcensis ) is the floral emblem of Ishikawa Prefecture and Obihiro city in Japan.

This initiative for the festival was spearheaded by June Gilbreath ( fundraising and awareness ) after the discovery of a rare species of butterfly — the Diana Fritillary butterfly ( discovered by Gary Noel Ross, Ph. D. Lepidopterist ) — that was previously thought to be extinct, but is found in abundance on the mountain summit.

In the spring, it is filled with the flower Fritillaria meleagris ( commonly known as Snakeshead Fritillary ), which gives it an attractive green-purple colour.

The site is also of importance for its breeding bird communities, its large population of the nationally rare Heath Fritillary butterfly ( Mellicta athalia ), an exceptional woodland lichen flora and its palynological interest of deep peat on the Chains.

Strong populations of other downland species such as Chalkhill Blue Polyommatus coridon and Dark Green Fritillary Argynnis aglaja are found, and of note here is the occurrence of Grayling Hipparchia semele, a butterfly rarely found away from the coast.

The Gulf Fritillary or Passion Butterfly, Agraulis vanillae, is a striking, bright orange butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, subfamily Heliconiinae.

The Gulf Fritillary is commonly seen in parks and gardens, as well as in open country.

The larva or caterpillar of the Gulf Fritillary grows to approximately in length and is bright orange in color and covered in rows of black spines on its head and back.

The Snake's Head Fritillary is native to Europe but in many places it is an endangered species that is rarely found in the wild but is commonly grown in gardens.

Although it is still a popular garden plant it is now rare in the wild, although there are some notable sites where it is still found, such as the meadows at Magdelen College, Oxford and the Oxfordshire village of Ducklington, which holds a " Fritillary Sunday " festival It is also found in the North Meadow National Nature Reserve, Wiltshire and the Mickfield Meadow nature reserve in Suffolk.

There is a large colony of the Marsh Fritillary butterfly ( Eurodryas aurinia ).

It is the foodplant of the Pearl bordered fritillary, Small Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Silver-washed Fritillary and High Brown Fritillary butterfly.

Quants, a grassland clearing in a forestry plantation well known for its butterflies including Duke of Burgundy, Marsh Fritillary and Wood White, is a candidate for Special Area of Conservation ( cSAC ).

The site is very important for butterflies, with species present including Purple Emperor, White Admiral and Pearl-bordered Fritillary.

But the bulbs of a few species – e. g. Checker Lily ( F. affinis ) or Yellow Fritillary ( F. pudica ) – are edible if prepared correctly.

There are also several species of butterfly including ; Chalkhill blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, small heath, and common blue.

A high concentration of colonies of three nationally scarce species, the Adonis Blue Polyommatus bellargus, Duke of Burgundy Hamearis lucina, and the largest population of Marsh Fritillary Euphydryas aurinia on the chalk, occur.

The 32 recorded butterfly species include the Silver-studded Blue, the Camberwell Beauty and the Queen of Spain Fritillary.

Several species of butterfly became extinct owing to the loss of habitat to scrub, notably the Adonis Blue, Silver-studded Blue, Dingy Skipper, and Dark Green Fritillary.

Male of the Silver-washed Fritillary ( Argynnis paphia ), type species of Argynnis and the Argynnini.

There are also several species of butterfly including ; Chalkhill blue, Dark Green Fritillary, Meadow Brown, Marbled White, small heath, and common blue.

It is well known for its butterflies — among the species which occur are Duke of Burgundy, Marsh Fritillary and Wood White.

Similar to Pearl-bordered Fritillary but has black chevrons on edge of wings, large central black dot on each one and white pearls ( compared to 2 of the other species ) on the underside.

The Marsh Fritillary is usually to be found in damp heathy grasslands which are called rhos pastures from the Welsh word meaning heath, but the species does exist in other types of habitats which are drier, like neutral grasslands or dry calcareous grasslands.

The Glanville Fritillary is a highly restricted species in the UK being confined to the south coast of the Isle of Wight.

The varied age and canopy structure of woodland encourages a high diversity of butterflies, nationally scarce species including the White-letter Hairstreak ( Strymonidia walbum ) and High Brown Fritillary ( Argynnis edippe ), while species such as the Chalkhill Blue ( Lysandra coridon ) and Brown Argus ( Aricia agestis ) occur on the limestone grassland.

This species is more common in the East, int the West it is scarce, and this Western population is occasionally give species status, the Leto Fritillary, ( S. leto ).