Hodges#4524
Limenitis weidemeyerii
Classification
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Lepidoptera
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea
- Family: Nymphalidae
- Subfamily: Limenitidinae
- Tribe: Limenitidini
- Genus: Limenitis
- Species: weidemeyerii
Pronunciation
How to pronounce Limenitis weidemeyerii: /lɪˈmɛnɪtɪs ˌvaɪdəˈmaɪərɪaɪ/
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Summary
Limenitis weidemeyerii, or Weidemeyer's admiral, is a butterfly from the subfamily Nymphalinae, found in western North America, distinguished by its striking black and white wing patterns and reliance on wet habitats for its lifecycle.
Physical Characteristics
Above, black with a wide white postmedian band on both forewings and hindwings. Below, forewing is black with white band and white spots inside band. Hindwing is blue-grey with black cross lines inside the white band and a variable row of reddish spots inside a row of blue-grey crescents outside the white band.
Identification Tips
The Weidemeyer's admiral has black and white wings with rows of white spots on the dorsal side, and the ventral side features a brown color replaced by gray markings along the margins of the hindwing.
Habitat
Found around wet places where its host plants grow.
Distribution
Limenitis weidemeyerii is found in western Canada, the northern Great Plains, and the Western United States, from the Rocky Mountains westward to the Sierra Nevada and California.
Diet
Larvae feed on Poplar (Populus spp.), Willow (Salix spp.), oceanspray (Holodiscus), and shadbush (Amelanchier). Adults feed on tree sap, carrion, and flower nectar.
Tags
- Limenitis
- weidemeyerii
- butterfly
- Nymphalinae
- Rocky Mountains