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Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Nymphalinae |
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Description:
The Poplar Admiral is one of the
largest European butterflies, but it does not like to show. And because its larval host
plant is Populus tremola we can only find it in woods where this tree is present.
The females are very beautiful with their conspicuous white bands on the upperside of the
wings. Males,
however, often have no white bands at all (f. tremulae). Unfortunately, the
females are almost never visible because they live in the treetops and rarely come down to
earth. For that reason the summit of good luck for a butterfly-photographer is to
photograph the female of the Poplar Admiral. The males,
however, may come down on sunlit forest tracks during the warm hours of the day. They like
sucking animal excrements, particularly the excrements of a fox, because of the minerals
they need for the procreation. One can also tempt them with bits of strong smelling
cheese.
Flight period:
One brood from May to July.
Larval host plants:
Populus tremola, sometimes Populus nigra.
Red List Germany: 2
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