Variegated Fritillary

Euptoieta claudia Cramer 1775

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Euptoieta claudia (Variegated Fritillary) is a species of butterflies in the family brush-footed butterflies. They visit flowers of Chromolaena squarrulosa, firewheel, eastern purple coneflower, and Chinese rose.

EOL has data for 17 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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mutualistic with
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002442
- Definition: An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which both organisms benefit from each other
- Attribution: Arctic Lichen Ecology
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Polytaenia nuttallii DC. (Nuttall's prairie parsley)
auditory system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016490
- Definition: the sensory system for the sense of hearing
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chordotonal organs
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001038
- Definition: arthropod sensory structures consisting of special sensilla called the scolopidia, which are mechano-transducers and respond mainly to stretch or flexion. In insects, they consist of bundles of internal sensilla, each of which has a cap cell, an enveloping cell and one or more sense cells.
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Viola cornuta L. (Horned Pansy)
feeding structure
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/FeedingStructure
- Definition: The morphological structure of body parts used to ingest food.
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biting-chewing mouthparts
- URI: https://eol.org/schema/terms/bitingChewing
- Definition: Mouthparts adapted to cutting and grinding food particles using opposable mandibles with a mola (grinding surface).
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geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Linum sulcatum Riddell (grooved flax)
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Viola pedatifida G. Don (prairie violet)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Plantago aristata Michx. (largebracted plantain)
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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apposition eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229
- Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.
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Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Variegated Fritillary. View this species on GBIF

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Variegated Fritillary includes 5 children: