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species

Gulf Fritillary
Dione vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Nymphalidae - brushfoots »  genus Dione »  subgenus Agraulis

Scientific synonyms

Papilio vanillae Linnaeus, 1758
Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)
Papilio passiflorae Fabricius, 1793

Other names

= Passion Butterfly

Least Concern LC  as Agraulis vanillae

Images


larva

Taxon in country check-lists*

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Intertaxon relationships

food: Passiflora foetida L. - Fetid Passionflower, Passiflora tenuiloba Engelm. - Birdwing Passionflower

Included taxa

Number of records: 7

subspecies Dione vanillae forbesi (Michener, 1942)
subspecies Dione vanillae incarnata Riley, 1926

Dione vanillae incarnata

subspecies Dione vanillae insularis (Maynard, 1889)

Dione vanillae insularis

subspecies Dione vanillae lucina (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
subspecies Dione vanillae maculosa (Stichel, 1908)

Dione vanillae maculosa

subspecies Dione vanillae nigrior (Michener, 1942)
subspecies Dione vanillae vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [173004462]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies 9-III-2024 [Dione_vanillae_a]

Warren, A. D., K. J. Davis, E. M. Stangeland, J. P. Pelham, K. R. Willmott & N. V. Grishin: Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies [http://butterfliesofamerica.com/] [as Dione vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2025

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Explanations

i species introduced to area described by check-list