Yellow admiral
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This article is about the butterfly. For the historical Royal Navy rank, see Yellow admiral (United Kingdom). For the Patrick O'Brien novel, see The Yellow Admiral.
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Yellow admiral | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Vanessa |
Species: | V. itea |
Binomial name | |
Vanessa itea (Fabricius, 1775) | |
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The Yellow admiral or Australian admiral (Vanessa itea) is a butterfly native to Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Islands. The Māori name is kahukōwhai, which means "yellow cloak". The yellow admiral is a member of the family Nymphalidae, the subfamily Nymphalinae as well as the tribe Nymphalini. [1]