Great Spangled Fritillary

Speyeria cybele

 Genus Speyeria
Subfamily Fritillaries
Family Brushfooted Butterflies
All Massachusetts Species
View This Species Side-by-Side With Another Species


Great Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled FritillaryGreat Spangled Fritillary

Great Spangled Fritillary

Click on a thumbnail image to go directly to that image.
Occurrence   Virtually absent from Cape and Islands - resident
Abundance Fairly common to common; maximum 93
Flight Period June 13 - October 8 (mainly late June to early September)
Notes Loves Buddleia in the garden and milkweeds in the wild
Overwintering Unfed 1st instar - Larva
More info Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website
More info Butterflies of Massachusetts Website

Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Tom Whelan - 2002

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Erik Nielsen - 6/29/2002
Martin Burns WMA, West Newbury

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/9/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Fred Goodwin - 9/11/2002
Massachusetts Audubon Society
Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/3/2002

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/8/2001

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo © Marj Rines - 7/2/2001
Dunback Meadow Conservation Area, Lexington

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Tom Murray - 6/11/2005
Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, Harvard

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Frank Model - 7/17/2007
Pittsfield

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Frank Model - 7/6/2007
New Salem

Top of Page
Great Spangled Fritillary

Photo by Barbara Spencer - 7/10/2007
Cummington

Top of Page