Vanessa itea

Yellow Admiral at Queanbeyan West, NSW

Vanessa itea at Queanbeyan West, NSW - 12 Sep 2021
Vanessa itea at Queanbeyan West, NSW - 12 Sep 2021
Vanessa itea at Queanbeyan West, NSW - 12 Sep 2021
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Identification history

Vanessa itea 12 Sep 2021 SuziBond
Unidentified 12 Sep 2021 Yasmin

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This butterfly landed on an ornament in my backyard & sunned itself for well over an hour while opening & closing its wings. No idea what it’s called so would love to know. The gold spots on its wings were incredibly bright. Unfortunately I couldn’t get better photos as it landed in an awkward area & I didn’t want to disturb it.

3 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   12 Sep 2021
Hi Yasmin, your photos were great for identification purposes, so thank you!
Yasmin wrote:
   12 Sep 2021
Thank you, Suzi. ๐Ÿ˜Š Looks like itโ€™s not an exciting find as they are quite common but happy to know what it is. The butterfly actually stayed at that position for almost 1.5 hours. Do you think it may have just emerged from its chrysalis? I note the brown on the lower wings were not unfurled.
SuziBond wrote:
   12 Sep 2021
I think Yellow Admirals are exciting, they're such a beautiful species. Hard to tell from the photos, but they breed on nettles if you have any nearby?

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Additional information

  • 50mm or larger Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Vanessa itea Scientific name
  • Yellow Admiral Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1657.81m Recorded at altitude
  • 388 images trained Machine learning
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