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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Photo by InêsVeloso
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Field Notes

Description:

Black butterfly with a red stripe on each wing and some white spots on the tip of the wings.
This butterfly was sunbathing on a blossoming branch of a plum tree.

Habitat:

I found this one in a plum tree poarch in the north of Portugal.

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PublishedMay 8, 2016

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