Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Port Colborne, ON 2009/08/10
Cambridge, ON 2013/06/23
Pinery Provincial Park, ON 2012/06/16
Point Pelee National Park, ON 2011/08/12
Member of Family: Nymphalidae
French common name: Amiral à taches rouges
This butterfly is a southern subspecies of the White Admiral. However, because its appearance is so markedly different, and because it was treated as a separate species in the past, it is included here as though it were one. As far as I know, it has never been assigned a French common name distinct from that of the White Admiral, so we've coined one.
It is only found occasionally in the extreme south of Quebec.
For more info on this species, visit the Butterflies of Canada ( en français )