poplar admiral
limenitis populi latin

The now rare Poplar Admiral is a protected species.

The large, seldom-seen Poplar Admiral is one of the biggest butterflies in Europe.

Poplar Admiral habitat is widespread in continental Europe and many areas in Asia.

The Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) is a butterfly in the heliconiine clade of the Nymphalidae family.

The position of the Poplar admiral (L. populi), a Palearctic species, in a phylogenetic tree confirms that the Poplar is the closest existing relative of the Nearctic taxa and is consistent with the theory that the host plant had a large effect on the evolution of North American admirals.