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Red-spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis astyanax

Photo by LuckyLogan
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Medium sized butterfly found near woodlands. Bright metallic blue with orange spots on the forewing. Found usually on the edges of woodlands, and in this case skipping from poison ivy leaf to poison ivy leaf.

Habitat:

Habitats with host plants presents, forest.

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PublishedJuly 23, 2016

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