Diana Fritillary Speyeria diana (Cramer, 1777)Garrett only    Synonyms: Hodges #4449.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Lepidoptera   >   Family Nymphalidae   >   Genus Speyeria   

Status:

According to Dick Smith in regards to Maryland's one Diana record, "Record from personal communication, John Fales to Franklin Chermock in March 1951, observed in eastern Garrett County (exact date and location not given)."

Relationships:

Violets are used as host plants.

There is 1 record in the project database.

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A male Diana Fritillary in Montgomery Co., Arkansas (June, 2011). An extremely rare stray in Maryland. There have been no recent records. Photo by Troy Hibbitts. (MBP list)


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