#291 Lorquin's Admiral #291
by William Lum
Title
#291 Lorquin's Admiral #291
Artist
William Lum
Medium
Painting - Watercolor
Description
While taking photos of irises in Loomis, California, a butterfly landed. I was curious enough to research the name of the butterfly and found some interesting facts.
Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist who came to California from France during the Gold Rush, and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain.
The butterfly resides mostly in forest edges, mountain canyons, parks, streamsides, fencerows, orchards, and groves of cottonwood and poplar. Usually the butterflies feed on California buckeye, yerba santa, privet, bird droppings, and dung. They are extremely territorial and will attack any intruders into their habitat, including large birds.
That's got to be the weirdest fact... how does a butterfly attack a large bird?
This 12" X 16" painting was done on Arches cold press, 140 lb, watercolor paper.
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October 13th, 2017
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