Silver-washed Fritillary
Argynnispaphia
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philomel
(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.