Limenitis weidemeyerii
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| Limenitis weidemeyerii (W.H. Edwards, 1861)
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The Weidemeyer's Admiral (Limenitis weidemeyerii) is a butterfly from the Nymphalinae subfamily, 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 who discovered it in its former eastern range extension into the Adirondack mountains.
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 grey markings along the margins of the hindwing.
Similar species
- White Admiral (two subspecies of Limenitis arthemis)
- Lorquin's Admiral (Limenitis lorquini)
See also
- Comparison of butterflies and moths
- Lepidoptera in the 10th edition of Systema Naturae
- McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, University of Florida
- Societas Europaea Lepidopterologica
- Entomology
- Invertebrate
External links
- Butterflies of Canada: Weidemeyer's Admiral - Limenitis weidemeyerii* Lepidoptera Lepidoptera.pro
- Caught Between the Pages: Treasures from the Franclemont Collection Online virtual exhibit featuring a selection of historic entomological writings and images from the Comstock Library of Entomology at Cornell University
- Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology
- Butterflies of America
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Limenitis weidemeyerii.
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