Vanessa gonerilla
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Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Classis: Insecta • Subclassis: Pterygota • Infraclassis: Neoptera • Superordo: Holometabola • Ordo: Lepidoptera • Familia: Nymphalidae • Subfamilia: Nymphalinae • Tribus: Nymphalini • Genus: Vanessa • Species: Vanessa gonerilla (Fabricius, 1775)
- English: New Zealand red admiral, Red admiral
- Cebuano: Bassaris gonerilla
- Māori: kahukura
- svenska: Bassaris gonerilla
- Winaray: Bassaris gonerilla
Adults
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Museum specimen
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Full range of colours
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Folded wings
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Under-wing eye spot
Caterpillars
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Size approx 36-37mm long
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Closeup (damaged specimen)
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Protective 'tent' made from a folded leaf
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Hiding under folded leaf 'tent'