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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)

Species Limenitis arthemis - White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522

Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Subphylum Hexapoda - Hexapods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Lepidoptera - Butterflies and Moths
Superfamily Papilionoidea - Butterflies and Skippers
Family Nymphalidae - Brush-footed Butterflies
Subfamily Limenitidinae - Admirals, Sisters
Tribe Limenitidini - Admirals, Sisters and Sailors
Genus Limenitis - Admirals & Viceroy
Species arthemis - White Admiral/Western White Admiral/Red-spotted Purple - Hodges#4522

Subspecies rubrofasciata - Western White Admiral
No Taxon White Admiral - Northeastern segregate near 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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