Red admiral

Description:

The red admiral butterfly has a wingspan of 4,5 to 7,6 cm. It has scalloped black to brown wings on its upper side with reddish-orange bands and white spots on its wingtips. Its underside is a mottled blue, brown, and black.

Habitat:

The red admiral butterfly can be seen in almost any habitat from seashores to town centers and from valleys to mountaintops. It is one of the most familiar garden butterflies, and is commonest around woods, orchards, hedgerows and parklands where there are places to shelter as well as an abundance of flowers, nettles and rotting fruit.

Notes:

Spotted on a birch tree in a mixed forest bordering heathland at Renderklippen, Veluwe, Holland. (sources:see reference)