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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.
Limenitis weidemeyerii is found in western Canada, the northern Great Plains (an outlying population), and the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada and California. It is named after John William Weidemeyer, a 19th-century entomologist whose specimen from the Rocky Mountains was used to describe the species.
Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies, commonly called the admirals. The sister butterflies ( Adelpha ) and commander butterflies ( Moduza ) are sometimes included here. The name Limenitis is Neo-Latin "of harbours", from Ancient Greek Λιμενιτις (from λιμήν, a harbour, haven).
Aterica galene specimen Euphaedra xypete (Adoliadini) Hamanumida daedalus (Adoliadini) Tanaecia lepidea - grey count from (Adoliadini) Adelpha syma of the Limenitidini is sometimes placed in Limenitis Eurasian white admiral (Limenitis camilla: Limenitidini) The Limenitidinae are a subfamily of butterflies that includes the admirals and relatives.
White admiral may refer to the following species of butterflies: Limenitis arthemis , in North America Limenitis camilla , in southern Britain and much of Europe and the Palearctic, extending as far east as Japan
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In the rather larger female the outer area of the underside is more evenly ochreous, with white marginal lunules and a row of small elongate white spots in a narrow grey band; before each of these spots there is a black dot, the anal angle as in the male bearing a double dot. Amurland: Sutshan (Ussuri). [2]
Amur, Ussuri. — venata Leech (57c) is a larger form of a darker tint, with the white markings enlarged, which is especially evident with the cell -streak of the forewing and the band of the hindwing. On the underside too the ground has a deeper colour, the markings are silky white, the band of the hindwing being sharply traversed by the black ...