#limenitidinae

[miyrumiyru]

Resting sun moth ☼

☀ Sunset shadowfly

[otus-scops]

Limenitis reducta / Le Sylvain Azuré. Mâle surveillant son territoire / male guarding his territory.

Plateau des Gras, Ardèche, France.

26 mai 2023.

[flighty-flycatcher]

📍 Location: Chapel Hill, North Carolina 🗓 Date: April 21, 2025 🐾 Media: Image 🌿 Species: Red-spotted Purple (Limenitis arthemis ssp. astyanax) 📝 Notes: Medium-to-large butterfly often found in woodlands, forest edges, and riparian corridors. Dark, iridescent blue-black wings with subtle structural sheen and a row of orange-red spots along the hindwings. Underside resembles tree bark, providing strong camouflage when at rest.

Despite its name, it is not a true purple swallowtail but a mimic of toxic pipevine swallowtails, gaining protection through resemblance.

Just emerged from chrysalis attatched to lamppost.

🔗 iNaturalist: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/272086740

[coffeenuts]

[sinobug]

Duke Butterfly (Euthalia cf. sahadeva, Limenitidinae, Nymphalidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on Flickr. Pu’er, Yunnan, China See more Chinese butterflies on my Flickr site HERE...

[rattyexplores]

✤ Phaedyma shepherdi, “Aeroplane, White-Banded Aeroplane” - Nymphalidae

Known foodplant/s: Cordia dichotoma “Bird Lime Tree”, Mucuna gigantea “Velvet Bean”, Grewia papuana “Mugilam Bush”, Brachychiton discolor “Lacebark”, Celtis paniculata “Hackberry”

23/08/20

[dendroica]

Red-spotted Purple, Limenitis arthemis astyanax (by me)

[that-crazy-scorpio-man]

I never get monarchs but I always get their counterfeits in viceroys.