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Silver-washed Fritillary

Argynnis paphia

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Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Argynnis
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paphia

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(Zone 8a) | October 2007 | Positive
This is a relatively large fritillary, flying June to August. Its caterpillar food plant is the violet, but the female lays her eggs on a tree trunk near to violets and the caterpillars hibernate there before descending to feed the following spring.
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