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Red-spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis

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Field Notes

Description:

Red-spotted Purple at the end of summer. Wings tattered.

Habitat:

Feeding on butterfly bush.

Species ID Suggestions

Red-spotted Purple

Limenitis arthemis

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Liam
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Comments (1)
Liam
I mistook my first Red-spotted Purple as a swallowtail also.

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PublishedMarch 8, 2012

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