Vanessa vulcania
Canary red admiral | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Vanessa |
Species: | V. vulcania |
Binomial name | |
Vanessa vulcania Godart, 1819 | |
Vanessa vulcania (Canary red admiral) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on the Canary islands (except Lanzarote) and Madeira. Previously, it was considered a subspecies of Vanessa indica, but has been raised to species level after research by Leestmans in 1992.
![](../I/m/Vanessa-vulcania-teneriffa-2006-2.jpg)
The wingspan is 54–60 mm. Adults are on wing year round.
The larvae feed on Urtica morifolia and Urtica urens.
References
- Gil-T., F. & R. Obregón, 2012: Notes on the preimaginal stages of Vanessa vulcania (Godart, 1819) and differences in the structure of the egg with respect to Vanessa indica (Herbst, 1794) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). ISSN 0171-0079 Atalanta 43 (1/2): 87-90. Full article: .
External links
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 9/8/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.