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Larger — and faster — than the blues are the bright black-and-orange fritillaries.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 15, 2024

I’ve given up on fritillaries, which are, in my experience, one-shot wonders in hot, humid regions.

From Washington Post • Oct. 20, 2020

They include blues, whites, sulphurs, coppers, fritillaries, wood nymphs, skippers, crescents and checkerspots.

From Washington Times • Jul. 24, 2016

"Woodland butterflies, fritillaries in particular, are associated with gaps or temporary hotspots within the woods."

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2012

But I like to imagine that there existed a cultus of the venerable goddess in the green fields where the purple fritillaries, so reminiscent of the lotus, blossom in the early spring. 

From Masques & Phases by Ross, Robert