Limenitis weidemeyerii

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Limenitis
Species:
L. weidemeyerii
Binomial name
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Synonyms
  • Basilarchia weidechippus

Limenitis weidemeyerii, or Weidemeyer's admiral, is a butterfly from the subfamily Nymphalinae, found in western North America.

Distribution

Limenitis weidemeyerii is found in western Canada, the northern Great Plains (an outlying population), and the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada and California. It is named after John William Weidemeyer, a 19th-century entomologist whose specimen from the Rocky Mountains was used to describe the species.

Description

The Weidemeyer's admiral's wings are black and white on the dorsal side, with rows of white spots across the wings. On the ventral side, the black is replaced by brown with gray markings along the margins of the hindwing. The larvae feed on aspen and cottonwood (Populus), willows (Salix), oceanspray (Holodiscus), and shadbush (Amelanchier). Adults feed on tree sap, carrion, and flower nectar.[3]

Similar species

References

  1. ↑ "NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ↑ Walker, A. (2020). "Limenitis weidemeyerii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T173004526A173053311. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T173004526A173053311.en. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Limenitis weidemeyerii". explorer.natureserve.org.
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