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Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies
Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterfly which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies....
 commonly called the Admirals.

The name Limenitis is New Latin
New Latin

The term New Latin or Neo-Latin is used to describe a form the Latin language used after the end of the Medieval Latin period to c. 1900, and in a very limited fashion, down to the present day....
 "of harbours", from Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 ??µe??t?? (from ??µ??, a harbour, haven).








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Limenitis is a genus of brush-footed butterflies
Nymphalidae

The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterfly which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies....
 commonly called the Admirals.

The name Limenitis is New Latin
New Latin

The term New Latin or Neo-Latin is used to describe a form the Latin language used after the end of the Medieval Latin period to c. 1900, and in a very limited fashion, down to the present day....
 "of harbours", from Ancient Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 ??µe??t?? (from ??µ??, a harbour, haven).

Notable species

  • Limenitis amphyssa
  • Limenitis archippus
    Viceroy butterfly

    The Viceroy Butterfly is a North American butterfly with a range from the Northwest Territories along the eastern edges of the Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada mountains, southwards into central Mexico....
    , Viceroy butterfly
  • Limenitis arthemis
    • L. arthemis arthemis - (American) White Admiral
    • L. arthemis rubrofasciata - Western (American) White Admiral
    • L. arthemis astyanax and L. arthemis arizonensis - both Red-spotted Purple
  • Limenitis bredowii
    California Sister Butterfly

    The California Sister is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The butterfly is named for its black and white markings on the forewing that resemble a Nun's habit....
    , California Sister
  • Limenitis camilla
    Limenitis camilla

    The White Admiral , Limenitis camilla, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. They are found in woodland throughout southern Great Britain and much of Europe and Asia, extending as far east as Japan....
    , Eurasian White Admiral
  • Limenitis doerriesi
  • Limenitis helmanni
  • Limenitis homeyeri
  • Limenitis lepechini
  • Limenitis lorquini
    Lorquin's Admiral

    The Lorquin's Admiral is a butterfly from the Nymphalinae subfamily. The butterfly is named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist that came to California from France during the Gold Rush and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain....
    , Lorquin's Admiral
  • Limenitis moltrechti
  • Limenitis populi
    Poplar Admiral

    The Poplar Admiral is a butterfly in the heliconiine clade of the Nymphalidae family....
    , Poplar Admiral
  • Limenitis procris, The Commander
  • Limenitis reducta
    Limenitis reducta

    The Southern White Admiral is a butterfly of the Brush-footed butterfly family. It is found in Northern Spain, South and Eastern France, Italy and the Alps....
    , Southern White Admiral
  • Limenitis sydyi
  • Limenitis weidemeyerii, Weidemeyer's Admiral


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