Speyeria atlantis sorocko Scott, Kondla, and Spomer, 1998

Dunford, James C., 2009, Taxonomic overview of the greater fritillary genus Speyeria Scudder and the atlantis - hesperis species complexes, with species accounts, type images, and relevant literature (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), Insecta Mundi 2009 (90), pp. 1-74 : 28-29

Speyeria atlantis sorocko Scott, Kondla, and Spomer, 1998

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Speyeria atlantis sorocko Scott, Kondla, and Spomer, 1998: 13-14 .

Common names. Southern Rockies fritillary.

Type deposited. Holotype at American Museum of Natural History ( Figure 23 ).

Type locality. Near Mt. Judge, Clear Creek County, Colorado.

Type label data. “ HOLOTYPE [male] Speyeria atlantis sorocko Scott , Spomer, + Kondla 1997 ; 1 mi. NE Mt. Judge, Clear Creek Co. Colo. Aug. 5, 1987; collected by James A. Scott”.

Identification, taxonomy, and variation. Cliff Ferris (pers. comm.) stated this subspecies may be a redecoration of the form known as S. hesperis nikias (which has since been synonymized under S. hesperis electa by Scott et al. 1998). Adult wingspan is on average 60 mm.

Forms of this subspecies may have been referred to as Speyeria hesperis [ atlantis ] electa (Edwards) [= Argynnis Cornelia Edwards ], S. hesperis [ atlantis ] nikias (Hermann) , or Speyeria hesperis [ atlantis ] hesperis (Edwards) in the past. See the synonymies for these taxa.

Range. Southern Rockies.

Life history. Nothing could be gleaned from the literature.

Figures

Figure 21-25. Type images for Speyeria spp.; dorsal, ventral, and label images. 21) Speyeria atlantis canadensis lectotype, described as Argynnis atlantis canadensis, male, AMNH. Now synonymized under Speyeria atlantis (Scott et al. 1998). 22) Speyeria atlantis hollandi holotype, described as Argynnis atlantis Hollandi, male, CNIC. 23) Speyeria atlantis sorocko holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis sorocko, male, AMNH. 24) Speyeria atlantis pahasapa holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis pahasapa, male, AMNH.25) Speyeria hesperis neotype, described as Argynnis Hesperis, male, CMNH. Images 21 and 23-25 by James C. Dunford; 22 by Norbert Kondla.