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>Chris Trask wrote>
>> But the highlight of the day in terms of butterflies was the
>> encounter with two Red Admiral butterflies (Vanessa atalanta):
>>
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8644634223/in/photostream
>
>Yet another species of butterfly that has been given this same common
>name. I wonder how many species world-wide are also called "Red
>Admiral"?
>
I noticed that when I was going through the guide books to identify it.
The Audubon field guide has a photo of it on the front of the cover wrapper,
and their description says that it's range is Florida and the Carribean.
Strange.
Chris
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