Speyeria adiaste
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Speyeria |
| Species: | S. adiaste
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| Speyeria adiaste (W.H. Edwards, 1864)[1]
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Speyeria adiaste, the unsilvered fritillary or adiaste fritillary, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in California north to San Mateo County and east to north Los Angeles County and Kern County.[2]
The wingspan is 50–61 mm. Adults feed on flower nectar.
The larvae feed on Viola species, including Viola quercetorum.
Subspecies
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- ^ "Speyeria Scudder, 1872" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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