Coronis Fritillary Speyeria coronis snyderi Female abdomen Home       Butterflies      Details     For all photos of tip of female abdomen, scroll down For other photos click on Male     Immatures  ______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________

PHOTO DETAILS - ©Nicky Davis LOCATION:  Located  Coronis very worn  female in Middle Canyon, Tooele County, Utah 23 September, 2013. ELEVATION:  About 6500  feet Photo shows the tip of the underside of the female abdomen that looks like a tube coming from a cut away tube section.  This is typical of all female Speyeria. The male tip of abdomen looks like the tip of a pencil with no cut away section. LIFE HISTORY: Ovum: Nine ova were oviposited on 26 September 2013  and eight more over the next few days. Larva: Pupa: Adult:  Broods: Hibernation:  Overwinter as first instar Host Plant Violets