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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) » Western White Admiral (Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata)
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Limenitis weidemeyerii i think - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2012 A.D.Levine

Limenitis weidemeyerii i think - Limenitis arthemis
Phillips County, Montana, USA
June 22, 2012
Size: apx 4 cm
found with others tike it in a well forested camping area in northern Montana
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Contributed by A.D.Levine on 26 June, 2012 - 11:47am
Last updated 29 June, 2012 - 11:23am

Moved
Moved from Admirals & Viceroy.
… Bill Reynolds, 29 June, 2012 - 11:23am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bill Reynolds, 27 June, 2012 - 10:33am login or register to post comments

Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata (Western White Admiral)
Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata (Western White Admiral)
… Bill Reynolds, 26 June, 2012 - 11:55am login or register to post comments

 
admirals
without a view of the underside i was guessing by the large group of similar individuals that this one was with and the number and location of both species of admirals in this part of Montana. How can we differentiate? I appreciate your help. i also compared with image #206719
… A.D.Levine, 26 June, 2012 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

 
you may well be right ;)
You may well be right and a ventral view necessary. Additionally, there could be more overlap in traits than I have seen in specimens and images posted.

My stab at id was based on the reduced amount of white on the forewings towards the tips and margins. I think of Weidemeyer's Admiral as typically having more white dots or markings (?).
Weidemeyer's Admiral


Your image also seems to have more blue on the hindwings and along the periphery of the forewings suggestive of Limenitis arthemis rubrofasciata.
Western White Admiral
… Bill Reynolds, 26 June, 2012 - 1:23pm login or register to post comments

 
thank you
i appreciate the distinctions you point out.I'm new at entomology
and appreciate all the help i can get.
… A.D.Levine, 27 June, 2012 - 6:18pm login or register to post comments

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