Species
Limenitis lorquini (Lorquin's admiral)
Limenitis lorquini. Photo: (c) Paul Donahue, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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)
- Genus: Limenitis
- Tribe: Limenitidini
- Subfamily: Limenitidinae (Admirals and allies)
- Family: Nymphalidae (Brush-footed butterflies)
- Superfamily: Papilionoidea (Butterflies)
- Order: Lepidoptera (Butterflies and moths)
- Subclass: Pterygota (Winged and once-winged insects)
- Class: Insecta (Insects)
- Subphylum: Hexapoda (Hexapods)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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