# Argynnis

Argynnis is a genus of butterflies in the family Nymphalidae, one of several groups known as "fritillaries".
This genus has three subgenera: Argynnis, Fabriciana, and Speyeria. The species of the subgenera Argynnis and Fabriciana are found in Europe and Asia, while those of Speyeria are widespread in North America but also found in Europe and Asia.

## Systematics

Several current species of Argynnis used to be included in distinct genera, such as Argyreus (for A. hyperbius), Argyronome (for A. laodice, A. ruslana, and A. kuniga), Childrena (for A. childreni and A. zenobia), and Damora (for A. sagana). All of these genera are now viewed as junior synonyms of Argynnis.
Speyeria, Fabriciana, Argynnis have been viewed as separate genera, but Speyeria and Fabriciana are now considered subgenera of the genus Argynnis, with Speyeria encompassing the earlier Mesoacidalia.

## Species

These species are members of the genus Argynnis .

### Subgenus Argynnis

    Argynnis anadyomene Felder, 1861 – (palearctic fritillary)
    Argynnis childreni Gray, 1831 – (large silverstripe)
    Argynnis hyperbius (Linnaeus, 1763) – (tropical fritillary)
    Argynnis laodice (Pallas, 1771) – (pallas's fritillary)
    Argynnis pandora (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – (cardinal butterfly)
    Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758) – (silver-washed fritillary)
    Argynnis ruslana Motschulsky, 1866
    Argynnis sagana Doubleday, 1847 – (sagana fritillary)
    Argynnis zenobia Leech, 1890

### Subgenus Fabriciana

    Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) – (high brown fritillary)
    Argynnis auresiana Frühstorfer, 1908 – (false grayling)
    Argynnis elisa Godart, 1823 – (Corsican fritillary)
    Argynnis jainadeva Moore, 1864 – (highbrown silverspot)
    Argynnis kamala Moore, 1857 – (common silverstripe)
    Argynnis nerippe (Felder, 1862) – (nerippe fritillary)
    Argynnis niobe (Linnaeus, 1758) – (niobe fritillary)
    Argynnis vorax Butler, 1871
    Argynnis xipe Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

### Subgenus Speyeria Scudder, 1872 – (greater fritillaries)

    Argynnis adiaste (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – (adiaste fritillary)
    Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758) – (dark green fritillary)
    Argynnis alexandra (Menetries, 1832)
    Argynnis aphrodite (Fabricius, 1787) – (Aphrodite fritillary)
    Argynnis atlantis (W. H. Edwards, 1862) – (Atlantis fritillary)
    Argynnis callippe (Boisduval, 1852) – (callippe fritillary)
    Argynnis clara (Blanchard, 1844) – (silverstreak)
    Argynnis coronis (Behr, 1864) – (coronis fritillary)
    Argynnis cybele (Fabricius, 1775) – (great spangled fritillary)
    Argynnis diana (Cramer, 1777) – (Diana fritillary)
    Argynnis edwardsii (Reakirt, 1866) – (Edwards' fritillary)
    Argynnis egleis (Behr, 1862) – (great basin fritillary)
    Argynnis hesperis (W. H. Edwards, 1864) – (hesperis fritillary)
    Argynnis hippolyta Edwards, 1879
    Argynnis hydaspe (Boisduval, 1869) – (hydaspe fritillary)
    Argynnis idalia (Drury, 1773) – (regal fritillary)
    Argynnis irene (Boisduval, 1869) – (northwestern fritillary)
    Argynnis mormonia (Boisduval, 1869) – (Mormon fritillary)
    Argynnis nausicaa Edwards, 1874
    Argynnis nokomis (W. H. Edwards, 1862) – (nokomis fritillary)
    Argynnis zerene (Boisduval, 1852) – (zerene fritillary)

### Not assigned to subgenus

    Argynnis claudia Fawcett, 1904
    Argynnis tropicalis Röber, 1919
    Argynnis westphali Gallo & Della Bruna, 2016 – (Emerald-and-Silver Fritillary)