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Red Admiral

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Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral, is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, red bands and white spots, with a wingspan of about 5 centimeters. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The species is widely distributed across temperate regions of North Africa, North America, Europe, Asia and the Caribbean, residing in warmer areas but migrating north in spring and sometimes again in autumn. Typically found in moist woodlands, its caterpillars feed primarily on stinging nettle and also on false nettle, while adults drink from flowering plants such as Buddleja and from overripe fruit; red admirals are territorial, with females mating only with males that hold territory.

Facts

Classification

Diet

Herbivore 2

System (Realm)

Terrestrial 3

Living or Extinct

Yes 1

Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.

Identification

Distinguishing Appearance

Dark wings with a striking black, orange and white pattern: orange bands across the middle of the forewings and along the outer edge of the hindwings. 1

Comparison

NatureServe Rank

G5 Secure 4

CITES Appendix

Not Listed 2

Scientific Name

Vanessa atalanta 1

Conservation Status

Least Concern 1

Connections

Child Taxon Of

Source Wikidata: Red Admiral

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Source NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

Source NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

Additional Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa atalantaTerrestrial Biomes

Source NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

Source NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

Temperate Forest

Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa atalanta

Source NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

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Sources

1. Wikipedia, Vanessa atalanta

Lead paragraph, first sentence
Vanessa atalanta, the red admiral or, previously, the red admirable
Infobox: status
LC
Adult stage section
The red admiral is identified by its striking black, orange, and white wing pattern. On the dorsal side, its dark wings possess orange bands on the middle of the forewings and the outer edge of the hindwings.

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2. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Animal Diversity Web: Vanessa atalanta

Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Primary Diet, Vanessa atalanta
Primary Diet herbivore herbivore
Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
In Biome: Grassland, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest
In Biome: Temperate Forest, Terrestrial Biomes
Habitat Regions temperate temperate terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes savanna or grassland savanna or grassland forest forest

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3. GBIF Species API

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4. NatureServe Explorer: Vanessa atalanta

NatureServe Explorer

Global rank (roundedGRank)
"roundedGRank": "G5"
In Biome: Chaparral, Species characteristics: Shrubland/chaparral
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Shrubland/chaparral"
In Biome: Savanna, Species characteristics: Savanna
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Savanna"
In Biome: Grassland, Species characteristics: Grassland/herbaceous
"terrestrialHabitatDescEn": "Grassland/herbaceous"
In Biome: Wetlands, Species characteristics: HERBACEOUS WETLAND
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "HERBACEOUS WETLAND"
In Biome: Riparian Zone, Species characteristics: Riparian
"palustrineHabitatDescEn": "Riparian"

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Wikidata: Red Admiral

Wikidata Q156454, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
Child Taxon Of: Nymphalidae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain

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