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Poplar Admiral

Limenitis populi

Least Concern (declining in western Europe)

About

Europe's largest nymphalid butterfly with broad dark wings bearing white bands and orange submarginal crescents. It is shy and rarely descends from the forest canopy.

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Did You Know?

It is so difficult to observe that many lepidopterists travel years before seeing one in the wild.