Red admiral
Vanessa atalanta
Order Lepidoptera. Family Nymphalidae.
Photo: Holger Gröschl / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 de
Description
Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands, and white spots.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 50–65 mm
- Flight period
- May–October
- Host plants
- nettle
- Generations per year
- 1–2 (migrant)
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Photographs
Jacob Hübner / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_atalanta'}