Australian Admiral: Underside Wings

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)

Family:

Brown Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae)

Species:

Australian Admiral (Vanessa itea)

This Photo:

Underside Wings

Other name:

Yellow Admiral

Thank you Indra Bone for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
Brilliant blue eye on the forewings, with brown marbled rear wings.

This species is classed as

L (Local [Uncommon])

on the South Australian Butterflies & Moths website

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