#2385 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Red Admiral

🇳🇱 Atalanta ·Vanessa atalanta

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

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what is it?

Vanessa atalanta , the red admiral or previously, the red admirable ,is a well-characterized, medium-sized butterfly with black wings, orange bands, and white spots. It has a wingspan of about 2 inches (5 cm). It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae . The red admiral is widely distributed across temperate regions of North Africa, the Americas, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and New Zealand. It resides in warmer areas, but migrates north in...

base stats

NL sightings 4,695iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 298,801iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

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 4,695 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #1 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
298,801 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).