Argynnini

Argynnini
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Male Argynnis sagana, is sometimes treated as Damora sagana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
(unranked):	Rhopalocera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subfamily:	Heliconiinae
Tribe:	Argynnini Duponchel, 1835
Genera
Around 7, but see text

Argynnini is a tribe of butterflies in the subfamily Heliconiinae, containing some of the fritillaries. This group has also been classified as subtribe Argynnina of the Heliconiini, or even as a distinct subfamily Argynninae in the Nymphalidae. This group has roughly 30 species in North America with other species distributed worldwide.

Genera and selected species

While many treatments consider several proposed genera to be junior synonyms of Argynnis – occasionally even the fairly distinct Speyeria –, other authors treat Argynnis in a much more circumscribed manner and split off Argyreus, Damora, Speyeria and others. To a lesser extent, similar uncertainty affects Boloria and Issoria.

• Euptoieta Doubleday 1848
• Yramea Reuss 1920
• Boloria (including Clossiana)
• Issoria Hübner 1819
  • Queen of Spain Fritillary, Issoria lathonia
• Brenthis Hübner 1819
• Argynnis Fabricius 1807
  • Cardinal, Argynnis pandora
  • Dark Green Fritillary, Argynnis aglaja
  • Indian Fritillary, Argynnis hyperbius
  • Niobe Fritillary, Argynnis niobe
  • Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia
  • Australian Fritillary, Argyreus hyperbius (sometimes included in Argyreus)
• Speyeria Scudder 1872 (sometimes included in Argynnis)
  • Aphrodite Fritillary, Speyeria aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Atlantis Fritillary, Speyeria atlantis (Edwards, 1862)
  • Calippe Fritillary, Speyeria callippe
    • Calippe Silverspot Butterfly, Speyeria callippe callippe
  • Great Spangled Fritillary, Speyeria cybele
  • Diana Fritillary, Speyeria diana
  • Northwestern Fritillary, Speyeria hesperis
  • Hydaspe Fritillary, Speyeria hydaspe
  • Zerene Fritillary, Speyeria zerene
    • Myrtle's Silverspot Butterfly, Speyeria zerene myrtleae