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Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Limenitis
Limenitis weidemeyerii

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Limenitis weidemeyerii
Limenitis weidemeyerii
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Summary

Limenitis weidemeyerii, or Weidemeyer's admiral, is a butterfly from the subfamily Nymphalinae, found in western North America.

Weidemeyer's Admiral

Limenitis weidemeyerii

Is Weidemeyer's Admiral harmful?

There is no data about harmful of this species. Don't forget to be careful.

Sientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Limenitis

Distribution

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.

Description

The Weidemeyer's admiral's wings are black and white on the dorsal side, with rows of white spots across the wings. On the ventral side, the black is replaced by brown with gray markings along the margins of the hindwing. The larvae feed on aspen and cottonwood (Populus), willows (Salix), oceanspray (Holodiscus), and shadbush (Amelanchier). Adults feed on tree sap, carrion, and flower nectar.

Similar species

- White admiral (two subspecies of Limenitis arthemis) - Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini)