Limenitis

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Related to Limenitis: Limenitis arthemis, white admiral

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Limenitis - mainly dark northern butterflies with white wing bars

genus Limenitis

arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods

family Nymphalidae, Nymphalidae - large beautifully colored butterflies

Limenitis camilla, white admiral - Eurasian butterfly with brown wings and white markings

banded purple, Limenitis arthemis, white admiral - North American butterfly with blue-black wings crossed by a broad white band

Limenitis astyanax, red-spotted purple - similar to the banded purple but with red spots on underwing surfaces

Limenitis archippus, viceroy - showy American butterfly resembling the monarch but smaller

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References in periodicals archive ?

Balogh, "Interspecific hybridization involving Limenitis archippus and its congeneric species (Nymphalidae)," Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, vol.

Occurrence of Interspecific Mating between Two Species of Danaus Kluk, 1780 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Nature

The monarch and viceroy butterflies (Limenitis archippus) are textbook examples of mimicry.

CRISPR reveals genetic master switches behind butterfly wing patterns

O Y Junonia coenia Hubner O Y Limenitis archippus Cramer W N L.

Reducing mowing frequency increases floral resource and butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) abundance in managed roadside margins

Other species with the same known behavior are Vanessa c-album (l.), Limenitis camilla (Scudder), Argynnis pandora Schiff., Apatura iris (l.), Satyrus sp.

Mariposas atraidas por exudaciones de cortezas de arboles en Colombia (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

Inter-specific hybridization involving Limenitis archippus and its congeneric species (Nymphalidae).

Morphological and genetic analyses in the Melanoplus packardii group (Orthoptera: acrididae)

* The scientific name of the "Red-spotted Purple" (page 69) is technically Limenitis arthemis astyanax.

Help from a butterfly expert

While not as plentiful at my place in 2003 as other years, I also had a few black swallowtails (Papilio polyxenes--see The 2003 Prairie Garden, p.87), wood nymphs (several species), alfalfa butterflies (Colias eurytheme), white admirals (Limenitis arthemis) and red admirals (Vanessa atalanta), and American painted ladies (V.