Red-spotted purple

Red-spotted purple
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae subfamily: Nymphalinae Genus: Limentis Species: L. arthemis Subspecies: L. a. astyanax
Trinomial Name
Limentis arthemis astyanax
Red-Spotted Purple

Red-Spotted Purple

The Red-Spotted Purple, is a butterfly that lives in the eastern United States, and Canada.

Taxonomy

This Butterfly, is considered by most to be a race of the White Admiral (L. arthemis). It is in the subfamily, Nymphalinae, in the family, Nymphalidae, of the superfamily, Papilionoidea.