Great spangled fritillary (male)
Speyeria cybele

Type of Insect: butterfly
Size: large
Overall Color: orangish and black
Larval Foods: violets
Adult Foods:
Larval Type: caterpillar
status: uncommon
Description: an active butterfly that tends to spend a lot of time on flowers, orangish with black markings

Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class: Hexapoda (Insects)
Order: Lepidoptera (butterflies,moths)
Family: 04 Nymphalidae (brushfoots)
SubFamily: 01 Heliconiinae (fritillaries and longwings)
Genus: Speyeria
Species: cybele