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Fig. 163 Red Admiral Butterfly (Vanessa. Atalaitta}. 



Fig. 164. Painted Lady Butterfly (Vanessa [Cynthia] cardui) . 



The Red Admiral Butterfly ( Vanessa Atalanta, Fig. 163) has bands 

 of vermilion colour on the upper side of its wings, which are black 

 above, and variegated beneath with different colours. The cater- 

 pillar is bristly and blackish, with a succession of spots of lemon- 



