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Red Admiral or Painted Lady?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:32 pm
by PeterD
I found this butterfly in my image collection which I think I have wrongly named. Could someone please help me by confirming, or otherwise, my ID?
![Image](http://www.imageinuk.com/Butterflies/Nymphalidae/Painted-Lady-Vanessa-cardui/8095407/964230789_WJEjU-XL.jpg)
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I had named this a Painted Lady.
Thank you
Re: Red Admiral or Painted Lady?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:47 pm
by Neil Hulme
Hi Peter,
It's a Red Admiral. Nice shot.
Neil
Re: Red Admiral or Painted Lady?
Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 8:57 pm
by PeterD
Sussex Kipper wrote:Hi Peter,
It's a Red Admiral. Nice shot.
Neil
Thank you Neil
![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
. Just as well I checked with you
![Embarassed :oops:](./images/smilies/icon_redface.gif)
It looked terribly out of place and the blue tinge on the front of the wings made me wonder....