Appearance: Above, varying shades of tawny to orange-brown with black markings. Below, brown or olive disk with tan submarginal band on hindwing and rounded silver spots in marginal row.

Wingspan: Medium; 2 to 3 3/8 inches.

Habitat:  Mixed conifers, meadows, brushy ravines and hillsides; foothills, montane.

Flight Times: Late May to September; one brood.  First-stage caterpillars overwinter.

Larval Foodplant: Violets.

Did You Know…
Closely related to Zerene Fritillary and sometimes difficult to distinguish. Coronis Fritillary tends to be larger, but not by much.

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