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Vanessa atalanta  (Linnaeus, 1758) – Red Admiral

Taxonomy

  1. Order: Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  2. Family: Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815
  3. Subfamily: Nymphalinae Swainson, 1827
  4. Tribe: Nymphalini Rafinesque, 1815
  5. Genus: Vanessa Fabricius, 1807
  6. Species: atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758) P3# 770675 MONA# 4437
  7. Subspecies:
    • rubria (Fruhstorfer, 1909) – Red Admiral