Red admiral

Vanessa atalanta
Brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae)

Upper surface with orange.
Red admiralon RikenMon's Nature-Guide

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Very colourful butterfly, bright orange band on the top surface, brown towards the body, tips on the forewing black/white marked. Along the wing edges blue marks.  The underside of the rear wing yellowish, white, red, brown and blue marked. Rear wing grey-brown marked with a  small '89' figure.

⇔ wsp. 50-60 mm

A migratory butterfly found late in the season on flowers before migrating south.

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