Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

About Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta)

• Kingdom: Animals
• Phylum: Arthropods
• Class: Insects
• Order: Butterflies and Moths
• Family: Brush-footed Butterflies

Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus: Nymphalidae, Lepidoptera
(observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Hilty, Clinebell, Macior, Fothergill & Vaughn; this butterfly is the Red Admiral)

Aceraceae: Acer saccharum [oozing sap] (Rb); Asclepiadaceae: Asclepias incarnata [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias purpurascens [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias sullivanti [plab sn] (Rb), Asclepias syriaca [plpr sn] (Rb), Asclepias verticillata [plab sn] (Rb); Asteraceae: Antennaria neglecta [unsp sn] (Gr), Aster laevis sn (Gr), Aster lanceolatus sn (Gr), Aster novae-angliae sn (Gr), Aster prenanthoides sn (Gr), Aster puniceus sn (Gr), Bidens cernua sn (Rb), Cirsium altissimum sn (Rb), Cirisum arvense sn (Gr), Echinacea pallida sn (Rb), Echinacea purpurea sn (H), Eupatoriadelphus purpureus sn (Gr), Euthamia graminifolia sn (Gr), Helianthus strumosus sn (Gr), Silphium perfoliatum sn (Rb), Solidago juncea sn (Gr); Boraginaceae: Lithospermum canescens sn (Rb), Mertensia virginica sn (Rb); Brassicaceae: Cardamine bulbosa sn (Rb); Caprifoliaceae: Symphoricarpos occidentalis sn (Gr); Cornaceae: Cornus obliqua sn (Rb), Cornus racemosa sn (Rb); Fabaceae: Cercis canadensis sn np (Rb), Melilotus alba sn (Rb), Trifolium pratense sn (Rb); Fumariaceae: Dicentra cucullaria sn np (Rb); Lamiaceae: Blephilia hirsuta sn (Rb), Monarda fistulosa sn (Rb, Cl), Nepeta cataria sn (Rb), Pycnanthemum tenuifolium sn (Rb); Liliaceae: Camassia scilloides sn (Rb); Polygonaceae: Fallopia scandens sn (Rb), Persicaria pensylvanica sn (Rb); Portulacaceae: Claytonia virginica sn (Rb); Ranunculaceae: Delphinium tricorne sn np (Mc); Rosaceae: Prunus americana sn (Rb), Rubus allegheniensis sn (Rb); Rubiaceae: Cephalanthus occidentalis sn fq (Rb); Salicaceae: Salix discolor [unsp sn] (Gr), Salix rigida [pist sn] (Rb); Saururaceae: Saururus cernuus sn (FV)
John Hilty