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#2589 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Eurasian White Admiral

🇳🇱 Kleine Ijsvogelvlinder ·Limenitis camilla

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Eurasian White Admiral, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Limenitis camilla , the ( Eurasian ) white admiral , is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in woodland throughout southern Britain and much of Europe and Asia, extending as far east as Japan.

base stats

  • NL sightings 123iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 12,029iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 123 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 12,029 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1764 (262 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Eurasian White Admiral
Nederlands
Kleine Ijsvogelvlinder
scientific name
Limenitis camilla
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
sightings in NL
123
sightings in Europe
10,900
sightings worldwide
12,029
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1764

relatives· Nymphalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 153105, Wikidata Q374057, GBIF 8429428, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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