Observation date: June 13, 2025
Submitted by: Heatherbellca
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Butterfly was pretty active. The weather was pretty calm and in the low 80s, slightly humid and mostly clear
Status: Resident
Verified by: mikefisher
Verified date: June 15, 2025
Coordinator notes: In Colorado we have Weidemeyer's Admiral which is similar to but different than the White Admiral that occurs in the northern part of the U.S. east of Colorado but also across much of Canada to Alaska. We do get the dark form of the White Admiral - the Red-spotted Purple but it is a very rare butterfly this far west in eastern Colorado and it ranges most commonly in the eastern and southern US where it mimics the Pipevine Swallowtail (which is inedible to birds)...this is also a rarely seen butterfly in eastern Colorado. Mike
