Nymphalidae Limenitidinae Limenitidini Limenitis camilla Limenitis reducta
Limenitis populi (Linnaeus, 1758)
Poplar Admiral

Genus: Limenitis Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Ladoga Moore, 1898

L. populi (© Alessandro Girodo)
Adult (male), Savoulx, Oulx (Ulzio), Val di Susa, Italy, June 18, 2006
(Photo by Alessandro Girodo)
L. populi (© Oleg Kosterin)
Adult (female), Onon River left bank floodland, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, July 1, 1996
(Photo by Oleg Kosterin, WildLife photography in Siberia and Central Asia)
L. populi (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Garphytlan, Sweden, July 8, 1996
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
L. populi (© Jan Pojda)
Adult (male), Katowice, Poland, June 13, 2004
(Photo by Jan Pojda)
L. populi (© Jan Pojda)
Adult, Mikolow-Reta, Poland, June 13, 2004
(Photo by Jan Pojda)
Aggtelek National Park, Hungary, June 2006. Rob was so lucky to have 7 individuals around him. They were attracted by smelly cheese.

Video by Rob de Jong

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Foodplants:
Populus tremula

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