Speyeria hesperis brico Kondla, Scott, 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 : 32

Speyeria hesperis brico Kondla, Scott, and Spomer, 1998

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Speyeria hesperis brico Kondla, Scott, and Spomer, 1998: 14 .

Common name. Brico fritillary.

Type deposited. Holotype at Canadian National Collection ( Figure 29 ).

Type locality. Castle Creek Forest Service Road, Cariboo Mountains, near McBride, British Columbia, Canada.

Type label data. “ HOLOTYPE [male] Speyeria hesperis brico Kondla, Scott , + Spomer 1997; KM 23.5, Castle Creek Forest Service Road, S of McBride, B.C. June 18, 1995, Norbert G. Kondla ; 95-6-18 B.B. K 23.5 Castle Cr. FSR N. Kondla ; HOLOTYPE in Type coll. CNC No”.

Identification, taxonomy, and variation. This subspecies resembles S. h. beani but the disc is darker red, and the disc extends farther into the pale submarginal band ventrally. It often occurs sympatrically with S. a. hollandi. Adult wingspan is on average 56 mm. Forms of this subspecies may have been referred to as S. hesperis [ atlantis ] beani or S. hesperis [ atlantis ] helena in the past.

Range. Northern part of southeastern British Columbia, specifically the interior plateau.

Life history. Speyeria hesperis brico occurs in the Interior Cedar/Hammock bioclimatic zone and the Englemann Spruce/Subalpine fir zone.

Larval host plants. Viola spp.

Figures

Figure 26-30. Type images for Speyeria spp.; dorsal, ventral, and label images. 26) Speyeria hesperis helena lectotype, described as Argynnis lais, male, CMNH. 27) Speyeria atlantis dennisi holotype, described as Argynnis lais form dennisi, male, AMNH. Now synonymized under Speyeria hesperis helena (Scott et al. 1998). 28) Speyeria hesperis beani holotype, described as Dryas atlantis beani, male, NMNH. 29) Speyeria hesperis brico holotype, described as Speyeria hesperis brico, male, CNIC. 30) Speyeria hesperis ratonensis holotype, described as Speyeria atlantis ratonensis, male, LACM. Images 26-27 by James C. Dunford; 28 by Robert Robbins; 29 by Norbert Kondla; 30 by Weiping Xie.