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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.
The viceroy (Limenitis archippus) is a North American butterfly.It was long thought to be a Batesian mimic of the monarch butterfly, but since the viceroy is also distasteful to predators, it is now considered a Müllerian mimic instead.
P. serotina hosts the caterpillars of more than 450 species of butterflies and moths, including those of the eastern tiger swallowtail (Papilio glaucus), cherry gall azure (Celastrina serotina), viceroy (Limenitis archippus), and red-spotted purple/white admiral (Limenitis arthemis) butterflies and the cecropia (Hyalophora cecropia), promethea ...
Typically found in moist woodlands, the red admiral caterpillar's primary host plant is the stinging nettle (Urtica dioica); it can also be found on the false nettle (Boehmeria cylindrica). [6] The adult butterfly drinks from flowering plants like Buddleia and overripe fruit. Red admirals are territorial; females will only mate with males that ...
Red-spotted admiral, Limenitis arthemis. White admiral, Limenitis arthemis arthemis; Red-spotted purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax; Viceroy, Limenitis archippus; Weidemeyer's admiral, Limenitis weidemeyerii; Lorquin's admiral, Limenitis lorquini; Band-celled sister, Adelpha fessonia; California sister, Adelpha bredowii; Eyed sister, Adelpha ...
Officials at the Caterpillar plant in Athens celebrated 10 years of production and community interaction at a gathering Wednesday.
As Bryan E. Cummings and Michael S. Waring, the authors of the Drexel study, found, you would need 10–100 plants per square meter to clear the air in the way the NASA study reported. “ ...
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).