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Posted: **Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:47 pm**

MikeOxon wrote: As a kid, the ST was the only colourful butterfly that I knew, although, in Lancashire at the time, many people called it a Red Admiral. Does that incorrect usage still persist in the north?

I think it persists everywhere, Mike.

I quite often hear of people talking about Red Admirals but when questioned it's clear it's a Small Tortoiseshell they have seen.

Posted: **Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:38 pm**

When I was a child - shortly after the end of the Punic Wars - Red Admirals were called Bob 'Owlers.

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Tony M.

Posted: **Sat May 23, 2015 9:43 pm**

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the one that is already named Britannicus

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