Species: Speyeria zerene hippolyta
Oregon Silverspot
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mandibulata
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Nymphalidae
Genus
Speyeria
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
<p>Animals, Invertebrates - Insects - Butterflies and Moths - Butterflies and Skippers</p>
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Mandibulata - Insecta - Lepidoptera - Nymphalidae - Speyeria
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
Butterfly, Nymphalidae.
Migration
<p>false - false - false</p>
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Food Comments
Larvae feed on Viola adunca. Adults take nectar from many kinds of flowers.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T1
Global Status Last Reviewed
2009-05-08
Global Status Last Changed
1998-09-01
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
CD - 250-5000 square km (about 100-2000 square miles) - CD - The historic range may have been continuous and thus larger, perhaps 5000 sq. km, but the current range is best described as about a 300 km+ strip of coastline in Washington and Oregon, mostly right along the coast, but extending a few km inland in two places. There is also an isolated population about 240 km to the south in Del Norte Co., California.
Global Range Code
CD
Global Range Description
250-5000 square km (about 100-2000 square miles)