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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 rubidus is a hybrid species of butterfly found in the eastern regions of North America. [1] The rubidus is the offspring of a Viceroy and a white admiral or a red spotted purple, [2] with hybridisation being more common in the latter as the viceroy and red spotted butterfly inhabit more common land.
(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 ...
In cold climates, the lime butterfly is known to pass the winter as pupae. [12] Typically, the butterfly undergoes five instars as a caterpillar. [12] The female butterfly goes from plant to plant, laying a single egg at a time on top of a leaf, which it holds onto with its legs, and flies off as soon as the egg is laid.
Hind-wing with a cream- white upper discal patch composed of three portions, a short almost quadrate portion in the costal interspace, and two lower large elongate portions in the subcostal interspaces, a few white or grey scales also being present below the lower portion; at the anal angle is a dark purple-red circlet which generally partly ...
Graphium weiskei, the purple spotted swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the swallowtail family; Papilionidae. It is found only in the highlands of New Guinea . These swallowtails live in elevations of 4,500 to 8,000 feet (1,400 to 2,400 m).
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, [2] [3] is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. [2] [3]This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose.
Heliconius erato, or the red postman, is one of about 40 neotropical species of butterfly belonging to the genus Heliconius. It is also commonly known as the small postman , the red passion flower butterfly , or the crimson-patched longwing .