#3062 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Poplar Admiral

🇳🇱 Grote IJsvogelvlinder ·Limenitis populi

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Paul G. Schrijvershof · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Екатерина Войнова · CC BY 4.0
4. © Dmitry Dubikovskiy · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © anonymous · CC BY-SA 4.0
7. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The poplar admiral ( Limenitis populi ) is a butterfly in the subfamily Heliconiinae of the family Nymphalidae.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 4,005iNaturalist 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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
4,005 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).