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Limenitis lorquini (Lorquin's Admiral)

Synonyms: Adelpha lorquini; Basilarchia comstocki

Wikipedia Abstract

The Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily. The butterfly is named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist who came to California from France during the gold rush, and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain.
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Infraspecies

Limenitis lorquini burrisoni
Limenitis lorquini eavesi
Limenitis lorquini fridayi
Limenitis lorquini gunderi
Limenitis lorquini ilgae
Limenitis lorquini lorquini
Limenitis lorquini pallidafacies
Limenitis lorquini powelli

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  2.323 inches (.059 m)

Prey / Diet

Holodiscus discolor (creambush)[2]
Populus balsamifera (balsam poplar)[2]
Prunus domestica (plum)[2]
Pyraria irregularis (Common apple)[2]
Salix eriocephala (Missouri willow)[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0