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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) » Lorquin's Admiral - Hodges#4525 (Limenitis lorquini)

Species Limenitis lorquini - Lorquin's Admiral - Hodges#4525

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Lorquin's Admirable - Limenitis lorquini

Limenitis lorquini larva in hibernaculum - Limenitis lorquini

BflySpotBand07102018_RN - Limenitis lorquini

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

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 lorquini (Lorquin's Admiral - Hodges#4525)

Hodges Number

4525

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Limenitis lorquini Boisduval, 1852. Type locality: El Dorado County, California

Adelpha lorquini (Boisduval), Kirby, 1871

Basilarchia lorquini (Boisduval) Scudder, ? date

Limenitis (Basilarchia) lorquini (Boisduval) ? date and author

Size

Wingspan 57-70 mm

Identification

Bold wing pattern is distinctive on this butterfly of western North America. California Sister is very similar from above (at least the California ones are), but doesn't have the extra row of white dots on the front wing-tips that this species has, and does have areas of blue on the underside that this species doesn't:

Also, the California Sister is found mostly around oak woodlands, especially near its favored host plant, Gold-cup Oak (Quercus chrysolepis)

Range

British Columbia south to Baja California, also inland to Idaho, Nevada

Habitat

River bottomlands, lakeshores, forest edges

Season

April-September (two flights) in California. June-September (one flight) in Pacific Northwest

Food

Adults take nectar

Life Cycle

Larvae feed on willows, poplars, chokecherry.

See Also

California Sister

Print References

Pyle, pp. 639-640, fig. 651 (1)

Brock and Kaufman (2)

Scott (3)

Internet References

Butterflies and Skippers of North America

Works Cited

1.	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Butterflies Robert Michael Pyle. 1981. Knopf.

2.	Butterflies of North America (Kaufman Focus Guides) Jim P. Brock, Kenn Kaufman. 2003. Houghton Mifflin Co.

3.	The Butterflies of North America: A Natural History and Field Guide James A. Scott. 1992. Stanford University Press.

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 August, 2004 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Chuck Entz, David Ferguson
Last updated 2 July, 2017 - 7:08am

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