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Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, [3] is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). [ 4 ]
Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis.It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
(American) white admiral or red-spotted purple: North America, ranging from New England and southern Great Lakes area all the way to various parts of Canada Limenitis lorquini Boisduval, 1852: Lorquin's admiral: Across the Upper Sonoran to the Canadian Zone, east to western Montana and Idaho. Limenitis weidemeyerii Edwards, 1861: Weidemeyer's ...
Keep an eye out for red admiral butterflies, which are out in force in Rochester this spring.
White admiral, Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata Red-spotted purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax Viceroy, Limenitis archippus Lorquin's admiral, Limenitis lorquini Red-spotted admiral, Limenitis arthemis
The painted lady (Vanessa cardui) is a butterfly whose annual 15,000 km round trip from Scandinavia and Great Britain to West Africa involves up to six generations. [22] The red admiral (Vanessa atalanta) periodically migrates from southern to northern Europe for the summer, [4] although sometimes movement north is observed in early autumn. [23]
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Migration in Lepidoptera means a regular, predictable movement of a population from one place to another, determined by the seasons. [2] There is no unambiguous definition of migratory butterfly or migratory moth, and this also applies to proposals to divide them into classes. [3] Migration means different things to behavioral scientists and ...