RED ADMIRAL BUTTERFLY (Vanessa atalanta). Nine seen for the day including this heavyify worn and faded individual at Blacksod Village, Mullet Pensinsula, Co. Mayo. Ireland

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The Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) is of the family Nymphalidae which is in the genus Vanessa.