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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 - Limenitis arthemis
Copyright © 2014 Pamela Hernandez

butterfly - Limenitis arthemis
Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland, USA
August 20, 2012
This is another Red Spotted Purple but they were together . Is this a male or Female. thanks

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butterfly - Limenitis arthemis butterfly - Limenitis arthemis
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Contributed by Pamela Hernandez on 28 May, 2014 - 9:13am
Last updated 19 October, 2014 - 10:28am

Moved
Moved from Butterflies (excluding skippers).
… John S. Ascher, 19 October, 2014 - 10:28am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 4 July, 2014 - 5:33pm login or register to post comments

Size....
As far as I know (which is never as much as I would like to know), the two sexes are identical. The female is generally larger than the male. But having two of them does not mean one of each. It could be two males staking territory or a couple of females getting something....
… K Brumback, 28 May, 2014 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

 
butterfly
Ok thank you for that anyway. I was hoping like with birds the more colorful one was the male and since the one had more blue than the other. Never that easy right
… Pamela Hernandez, 29 May, 2014 - 6:46am login or register to post comments

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