Admiral Butterfly
Pictures

Landed on woodchip

A beautiful Lorquin's Admiral butterfly photographed in a local San Diego, California greenspace.

A closeup of a white admiral butterfly, Limenitis camilla with open wings on a green leaf

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.