Genus Limenitis - Admirals, Viceroy

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

White Admiral - Limenitis arthemis - female

spiny humped caterpillar - Limenitis archippus

Weidemeyer's Admiral - Limenitis weidemeyerii

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))

Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)

Subfamily Limenitidinae (Admirals, Sisters)

Genus Limenitis (Admirals, Viceroy)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Some recent references split off the American species into a separate genus called Basilarchia

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Chuck Entz, Abigail Parker
Last updated 23 September, 2009 - 11:49am

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