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Map butterfly

Araschnia levana f. prorsa

Photo by Alex C.
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Field Notes

Description:

The map is unusual in that its two annual broods look very different. The summer brood are black with white markings, looking like a miniature version of the white admiral and lacking most of the orange of the pictured spring brood.

Habitat:

Vegetation nearby the riverbank, slow-flowing, lowland river.

Reference Links:

Map (butterfly) - Wikipedia, European Lepidoptera and their ecology: Araschnia levana

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PublishedJune 16, 2018

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