Species

Limenitis lorquini (Lorquin’s admiral)

Limenitis lorquini. Photo: (c) Greg Schrott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

iNaturalist • Wikipedia

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.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
    - Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
      - Class: Insecta (Insects)
        Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
        Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
        Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
        Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
        Subfamily: Limenitidinae (Admirals and allies)
        Tribe: Limenitidini
        Genus: Limenitis
        Species: Limenitis lorquini (Lorquin’s admiral)

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