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Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 84,703, February 62,560, March 98,017, April 154,204, May 222,337, June 242,445, July 259,432, August 223,110, September 163,802, October 122,266, November 66,812, December 52,219.
Alaska1,751,907
United States98,183
Texas23,790
Canada21,704
United Kingdom20,550
England17,695
Ontario16,109
Germany10,417
California10,062
France7,795

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyBrush-footed Butterflies · Nymphalidae
GenusLadies and Related Admirals · Vanessa

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