Lorquin's admiral is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily. The butterfly is named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist who came to California from France during the Gold Rush, and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain.
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Uploaded Mar 14, 2015. Captured Jul 7, 2010 13:21.
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http://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/butterfly/Speyeria/coronis
http://socalbutterflies.com/nymphalidae_html/coronis_semiramis.htm
It is a Lorquin's Admiral - Limenitis lorquini
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Limenitis-lorquini
http://butterfliesofamerica.com/L/t/Limenitis_lorquini_a.htm Posted 10 years ago