Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Red-Spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis astyanax)
Port Colborne, ON 2009/08/10
Cambridge, ON 2013/06/23
Pinery Provincial Park, ON 2012/06/16
Point Pelee National Park, ON 2011/08/12
Member of Family: Nymphalidae
This butterfly is a southern subspecies of the White Admiral. However, because its appearance is so markedly different, and because it was treated as a separate species in the past, it is included here as though it were one.
To see where this butterfly has been reported, visit: The Ontario Butterfly Atlas Online
For more info on this species, visit the Butterflies of Canada