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Copyright © 2005 hulkster

Butterfly from Denali National Park - Limenitis arthemis

Alaska, USA
July 17, 2005

As noted, I saw this guy at the end of the road in Denali National Park between Anchorage and Fairbanks, Alaska near the end of July/2005. I figured he's be easy to identify with those colorful spots, but the only butterfly book we had used monochrome plates. You can see a large resolution image of him at the bottom of this page:
http://www.komar.org/faq/travel/hummingbirds/

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Contributed by hulkster on 10 August, 2005 - 3:32pm
Last updated 29 November, 2005 - 4:33pm

White Admiral

My father always called these Banded Purples, but I believe the accepted common name would be White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis arthemis). One of the most beautiful butterflies, in my humble opinion. Great photo!

Jay Cossey
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… Jay Cossey, 10 August, 2005 - 8:13pm

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Western White Admiral

I think this would be subspecies L. a. rubrofasciata, which Butterflies of Canada says flies from Manitoba westward. It has a row of completely red spots on the upperside of the hindwing, whereas those spots are partly blue in L. a. arthemis, which occurs from Manitoba to the east coast.

… Robin McLeod, 10 November, 2005 - 12:16am

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Thank you Robin

I have updated the description of that butterfly that is at the bottom of my Colorado Hummingbird's page

… hulkster, 10 November, 2005 - 9:10am

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Jay, Sorry for the delayed

Jay,

Sorry for the delayed thanx as I was out of town for a week ... but I appreciate the response and I have updated my hummingbirds page.

Having you say "great photo" after seeing your awesome web site means a lot, so I appreciate the compliment ... and also the ID of the butterfly!

Best Wishes,
alek

… hulkster, 20 August, 2005 - 7:08pm

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