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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Admirals, Sisters (Limenitidinae) » Admirals, Viceroy (Limenitis) » White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis) » Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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red spotted purple-Limenitis arthemis - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2007 e. fosdick

red spotted purple-Limenitis arthemis - Limenitis arthemis
Schulenburg, Texas, USA
August 1, 2007
I found this bug at my summer camp. It kept landing on me!
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Contributed by e. fosdick on 6 April, 2009 - 12:57pm
Last updated 3 May, 2009 - 11:12am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… David J. Ferguson, 3 May, 2009 - 11:12am login or register to post comments

It's a Red-spotted Purple
and Welcome to Bugguide :-)
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~**~Thanks!~**~
I had no clue!
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