California tortoiseshell

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Nymphalinae
Tribe: Nymphalini
Genus: Nymphalis
Species: N. californica
Binomial name
Nymphalis californica
(Boisduval, 1852)

The California tortoiseshell (Nymphalis californica) is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family.

The California tortoiseshell is known for having population explosions which cause the butterflies to migrate to new areas. The cause of these seemingly random population explosions is unknown. Their larvae eat various species of Ceanothus.

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