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Yellow Admiral

Vanessa itea

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Notes:

I found this butterfly on the roadside. It is in beautiful condition except for a partially malformed wing (it can't really fly) which makes me think it is newly hatched with a wing defeat from metamorphosis. It rode home with me perched on my t-shirt, and is now resting on my tomatoes. I gave it some peach (I remember seeing them feeding from fruit fallen from a tree) which it tried a little of.

Reference Links:

Yellow admiral, Yellow admiral butterfly - Butterflies and moths - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Z…

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Comments (3)
JillBlack
Kerry please consider adding this wonderful spotting to NZ moths and butterflies mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/17141464
kerrydonovanbrown
They are stunning — Admirals are my favourite. :) This one disappeared from the tomato plant maybe a little over a day after these pictures were taken. I was hoping the wing might come right, but it seemed pretty damaged. :(
ShannaB
Absolutely stunning. Did it survive?

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PublishedFebruary 27, 2012

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