Species Limenitis arthemis - White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-Spotted Purple

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

Species arthemis - White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-Spotted Purple

Subspecies rubrofasciata - Western White Admiral
No Taxon Northeastern segregate, like ssp. rubrofasciata
Subspecies arthemis - White Admiral
No Taxon Intergrade between White Admiral & Red-Spotted Purple
Subspecies astyanax - Red-Spotted Purple
Subspecies arizonensis - Arizona Red-spotted Purple

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