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Red-spotted Purple Upperside is blue with a lot of iridescence on the outer part of the hindwings. The underside of the wings is dark brown. The forewings have 2 red bars near the base of the leading edge and the hindwings have 3 red spots near the base and a submarginal row of red-orange spots. <br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/71137/red-spotted_purple_-_limenitis_arthemis.html" title="Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/71137_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=iXF7A0aobgOstBy%2FK%2BHmIrmkCGo%3D" width="200" height="168" alt="Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis Upperside is blue with a lot of iridescence on the outer part of the hindwings. The underside of the wings is dark brown. The forewings have 2 red bars near the base of the leading edge and the hindwings have 3 red spots near the base and a submarginal row of red-orange spots.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rural garden<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56590/red-spotted_purple.html Geotagged,Limenitis,Limenitis arthemis,Red-spotted purple,Summer,United States,butterfly" /></a></figure> Butterfly,Geotagged,Limenitis arthemis,Red-spotted Purple,Summer,United States,White Admiral or Red-spotted Purple Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

Red-spotted Purple

Upperside is blue with a lot of iridescence on the outer part of the hindwings. The underside of the wings is dark brown. The forewings have 2 red bars near the base of the leading edge and the hindwings have 3 red spots near the base and a submarginal row of red-orange spots.

Red-spotted Purple - Limenitis arthemis Upperside is blue with a lot of iridescence on the outer part of the hindwings. The underside of the wings is dark brown. The forewings have 2 red bars near the base of the leading edge and the hindwings have 3 red spots near the base and a submarginal row of red-orange spots.<br /> <br /> Habitat: Rural garden<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/56590/red-spotted_purple.html Geotagged,Limenitis,Limenitis arthemis,Red-spotted purple,Summer,United States,butterfly

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    Ferdy Christant
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    This is the 1000% correct way to photograph a butterfly. Posted 7 years ago
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      Christine Young
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      Thanks! Posted 7 years ago

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The Red-spotted purple

"Limenitis arthemis," the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus "Limenitis". It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.

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Uploaded Jan 16, 2018. Captured Jul 30, 2017 10:17 in 80 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 60D
  • f/14.0
  • 1/256s
  • ISO400
  • 300mm
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