Purple Admiral Butterfly
by Chris Kusik
Title
Purple Admiral Butterfly
Artist
Chris Kusik
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
I spotted this beautiful butterfly feeding on nutrients in the soil on a lake shore in Southeastern Pennsylvania.The Red-Spotted Purple, although lacking a hindwing tail, mimics the toxic Pipevine Swallowtail to gain protection from would-be predators. It is a common butterfly of immature woodlands but is rarely encountered in large numbers. Adults have a strong, gliding flight and are often quite wary. Males perch on sunlit branches along trails or forest borders and make periodic exploratory flights. Adults occasionally visit flowers but often prefer rotting fruit, dung, carrion or tree sap. Found in and near woods, parks and suburban neighborhoods. Adults frequently sit on trees and shrubs, slowly opening and closing their wings. The red-spotted purple is a form or subspecies of a butterfly called the white admiral. Typical white admirals have prominent white bands and occur far north of Missouri. The zone of intergrades between the two forms runs from Minnesota through Michigan to New Jersey and New Hampshire.
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August 12th, 2013
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