Kamehameha (butterfly)

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Conservation status
Secure
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Vanessa
Species: V. tameamea
Binomial name
Vanessa tameamea
Eschscholtz, 1821

The Kamehameha Butterfly (Vanessa tameamea) is one of two species of butterfly native to Hawaii. The Hawaiian name is Pulelehua and the larvae feed on the Mamaki plant.