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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies and Skippers (Papilionoidea) » Brush-footed Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Admirals, Sisters (Limenitidinae) » Admirals, Sisters and Sailors (Limenitidini) » Admirals & Viceroy (Limenitis) » White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522 (Limenitis arthemis) » Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
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Butterfly ID Request - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2015 jaded_envy

Butterfly ID Request - Limenitis arthemis
Schenectady County, New York, USA
June 21, 2015
Found this one in the woods this Sunday. Any info would be appreciated, thank you!
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Contributed by jaded_envy on 24 June, 2015 - 11:57am
Last updated 24 June, 2015 - 7:40pm

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Moved from ID Request.
… Cliff Ivy, 24 June, 2015 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

Red Spotted Purple
… Cliff Ivy, 24 June, 2015 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

Butterfly ID
This is a Mourning Cloak butterfly. They come out early in the spring and are quite lovely up close!
… hdown, 24 June, 2015 - 5:56pm login or register to post comments

 
Not Mourning Cloak
Sorry about that. It does resemble the MC, but no cigar! Have never seen this particular one in NH.
… hdown, 24 June, 2015 - 7:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Mourning cloak?
not on planet earth it isn't :-)

Certainly looks most like Red-spotted purple. perhaps an intergrade with the White admiral form of the species?
… Larry de March, 24 June, 2015 - 6:04pm login or register to post comments

Butterfly
Looks like Limenitis arthemis astyanax, the red-spotted purple.
… sanguinaria33, 24 June, 2015 - 2:14pm login or register to post comments

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