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| name = New Zealand Red Admiral
| name = New Zealand red admiral
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The '''New Zealand Red Admiral''', ''[[Vanessa]] gonerilla'' syn. ''Bassaris gonerilla'', is a [[butterfly]] that is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. The Māori name is [[Kahukura]] which means ''red cloak''. The Red Admiral is a member of the family [[Nymphalidae]], the sub-family [[Nymphalinae]] as well as the tribe [[Nymphalini]].
The '''New Zealand red admiral''', ''[[Vanessa]] gonerilla'' syn. ''Bassaris gonerilla'', is a [[butterfly]] that is [[Endemic (ecology)|endemic]] to [[New Zealand]]. The Māori name is [[kahukura]] which means ''red cloak''. The red admiral is a member of the family [[Nymphalidae]], the sub-family [[Nymphalinae]] as well as the tribe [[Nymphalini]].


[[Ongaonga]], ''Urtica ferox'' is the main food plant for Red Admiral [[larvae]]. The larvae can also eat other [[Urtica]] species.
[[Ongaonga]], ''Urtica ferox'' is the main food plant for red admiral [[larvae]]. The larvae can also eat other [[Urtica]] species.


Red Admirals occur most frequently during summer and may live for several months. The adults feed on nectar from various plant species.
Red admirals occur most frequently during summer and may live for several months. The adults feed on nectar from various plant species.


There are two [[sub-species]] of ''Vanessa gonerilla'', ''V. g. gonerilla'' which occurs on the mainland of New Zealand and ''V. g. ida'' which occurs on the [[Chatham Islands]].
There are two [[sub-species]] of ''Vanessa gonerilla'', ''V. g. gonerilla'' which occurs on the mainland of New Zealand and ''V. g. ida'' which occurs on the [[Chatham Islands]].


Red Admirals are relatively common throughout New Zealand where their food plants occur.
Red admirals are relatively common throughout New Zealand where their food plants occur.


[[Image:Ongaonga close-up.jpg|thumb|[[Ongaonga]], the food plant for the New Zealand Red Admiral]]
[[Image:Ongaonga close-up.jpg|thumb|[[Ongaonga]], the food plant for the New Zealand red rdmiral]]


[[Category:Insects of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Lepidoptera of New Zealand]]
[[Category:Vanessa]]
[[Category:Nymphalidae]]


[[es:Vanessa gonerilla]]
[[es:Vanessa gonerilla]]

Revision as of 09:11, 5 April 2007

New Zealand red admiral
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Vanessa
Species:
V. gonerilla
Binomial name
Vanessa gonerilla
(Fabricius, 1775)
Subspecies

V. g. gonerilla
V. g. ida
  Alfken, 1899

The New Zealand red admiral, Vanessa gonerilla syn. Bassaris gonerilla, is a butterfly that is endemic to New Zealand. The Māori name is kahukura which means red cloak. The red admiral is a member of the family Nymphalidae, the sub-family Nymphalinae as well as the tribe Nymphalini.

Ongaonga, Urtica ferox is the main food plant for red admiral larvae. The larvae can also eat other Urtica species.

Red admirals occur most frequently during summer and may live for several months. The adults feed on nectar from various plant species.

There are two sub-species of Vanessa gonerilla, V. g. gonerilla which occurs on the mainland of New Zealand and V. g. ida which occurs on the Chatham Islands.

Red admirals are relatively common throughout New Zealand where their food plants occur.

Ongaonga, the food plant for the New Zealand red rdmiral
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