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Red-spotted Purple Butterfly

Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Photo by Wixenstyx
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Pretty butterfly with dark wings tinged in iridescent blue. Red spots appear at the tips and along the undersides of the hindwings.

Habitat:

Woodlands. Hosts on birch.

Reference Links:

Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis astyanax - Details, Limenitis arthemis

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PublishedMarch 31, 2016

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