High Brown Fritillary Argynnis adippe

trans. ab. suffusa Tutt 1896

Shown here is a transitional form of ab. suffusa.

Upperside with the forewing base much suffused and the black spots somewhat enlarged and united.

ab. suffusa Tutt 1896

Upperside with the forewing base much suffused and the black spots somewhat enlarged and united.

ab. suffusa Tutt 1896

Upperside with the forewing base much suffused and the black spots somewhat enlarged and united.

ab. suffusa Tutt 1896

Upperside with the forewing base much suffused and the black spots somewhat enlarged and united.

trans. ab. fasciata Blachier 1910 

Here is shown a transitional form leading up to a full ab. fasciata.

The median spots of the fore and hindwings coalescing or confluent and forming a transverse line.

trans. ab. fasciata Blachier 1910

Here is shown a transitional form leading up to a full ab. fasciata.

The median spots of the fore and hindwings coalescing or confluent and forming a transverse line.

trans. ab. fasciata Blachier 1910

Here is shown a transitional form leading up to a full ab. fasciata.

The median spots of the fore and hindwings coalescing or confluent and forming a transverse line.

ab. callisto Cabeau 1922

The median black spots of the fore and hindwings large and more or less quadangular.

The original figure shows the spots a little larger than normal except the last but one, which is certainly lengthened and quadangular.

trans. ab. varenii Holmgren 1888

This is a transitional form leading up to the full ab. varenii

Forewings with most of the black spots absent.

trans. ab. flavescens Eisner 1942

The forewings fit the original description thus: Underside forewings whitish-yellow.

However the hindwings should be bright yellow, almost without any green, and the brown strongly reduced. The silver spots without gloss.

The upperside is a dull yellow, the black markings reduced.

ab. flavescens Eisner 1942

The upperside is a dull yellow, the black markings reduced.

ab. cleodoxa Ochsenheimer 1816

The underside hindwing silver spots replaced by yellow.

ab. cuneata Tutt 1896

Underside forewings with a large wedge shaped black mark in the centre.