Occurrence | [Red Spotted Purple form: Statewide resident] [White Admiral Form: Mainly western Massachusetts - resident] |
Abundance | Fairly common to common |
Flight Period | [RSP: mid May to mid-September] [WA: early June to late September] |
Notes | Highest numbers of both forms occur in western Massachusetts; White-banded individuals have shown up at far east as Outer Cape Cod |
Overwintering | Larva |
More info |
Massachusetts Butterfly Atlas Website |
More info |
Butterflies of Massachusetts Website |
![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-1.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/30/2002 Massachusetts Audubon Society Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Intergrade between the Red-spotted Purple form and the White Admiral form | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-2.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Fred Goodwin - 7/30/2002 Massachusetts Audubon Society Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary Intergrade between the Red-spotted Purple form and the White Admiral form | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-3.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Fred Goodwin - 6/1/1998 Massachusetts Audubon Society Ipswich River Wildlife Sanctuary White Admiral, shortly after the passage of a strong cold front | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-4.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Erik Nielsen - 7/8/2002 Pittsburg, NH White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-5.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Erik Nielsen - 7/8/2002 Pittsburg, NH White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-6.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Mike Walker - 6/23/2002
White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-7.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 6/3/2002 Middlesex Fells, Medford Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-8.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 6/3/2002 Middlesex Fells, Medford Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-9.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 6/3/2002 Middlesex Fells, Medford Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-10.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo © Marj Rines - 7/17/1999 Northeastern University Campus, Burlington | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-11.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Murray - 7/2/2004 Harvard Same individual as the next two images | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-12.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Murray - 7/5/2004 Harvard | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-13.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Tom Murray - 7/11/2004 Harvard | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-14.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Gregory Dysart - 6/11/2005 Natick | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-15.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/19/2005 Tom's Swamp, Petersham Intergrade between the Red-spotted Purple form and the White Admiral form | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-16.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/11/2005 Tom's Swamp, Petersham Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-17.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/12/2007 North Common Meadow, Petersham Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-18.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/24/2007 Tom's Swamp, Petersham Red-spotted Purple | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-19.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/18/2007 Pontook Dam, Dummer, NH White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-20.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/30/2007 Quabbin Reservoir, New Salem White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-21.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Frank Model - 6/18/2007 Pondicherry Wildlife Refuge, Whitefield, NH White Admiral | Top of Page![Red-spotted Admiral](species-data/Limenitis-arthemis-photo-22.jpg?ver=0008)
Photo by Barbara Spencer - 6/21/2007 Worthington White Admiral | Top of Page
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