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title: "Mexican Fritillary"
description: "Euptoieta hegesia — Owady i pająki. Euptoieta hegesia, the Mexican fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/mexican-fritillary
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Fritillary

> Euptoieta hegesia — Owady i pająki. Euptoieta hegesia, the Mexican fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Euptoieta hegesia*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 13629
- Wikidata: [Q3016187](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3016187)
- iNaturalist taxon: [68268](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/68268)

## Names

- en: Mexican Fritillary
- es: Mariposa organillo clara

## Countries with the most observations

MX (5583), BR (3230), US (1160), CR (624), PA (271), HN (243), CO (201), NI (123), EC (103), BZ (87), PR (82), SV (75)

## Summary

Euptoieta hegesia, the Mexican fritillary, is a North and South American butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euptoieta_hegesia

## Photo

![Mexican Fritillary](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-fritillary/medium.jpg)

Photo: adel-fridus · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/32567048

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-fritillary?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).