Talk:Vanessa atalanta

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Article Grading: The following comments were left by the quality and importance raters: (edit · refresh) Ranked mid because of it's extremely large range. Calibas 04:10, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

I have removed some of the entries from the taxobox after having read the guidance in the Wikipedia:WikiProject Tree of Life/taxobox usage article. Too much removed? Not enough? --AjAldous 20:44, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

well done jimfbleak 05:04, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Red Admirable

I've added a new redirect page, Red_admirable and added the alternative name "Red Admirable" for this butterfly. As far as I am aware, the word "Admirable" is the original English name for the insect, but was gradually corrupted over time to simply "Admiral".

I don't have any authoratative source for this however -- but there are many reasonable repeats of this comment across the web. An authoratative reference would possibly also indicate if other nymphalids (such as Lorquin's Admiral, the White Admiral and Weidemeyer's Admiral) should be clarified as well. YojimboSan 22:32, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

The Massachusetts Audobon Society attributes this to Vladimir Nabokov in Speak, Memory jiHymas@himivest.com 216.191.217.92 21:08, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum attributes this to R.M.Pyle in Butterflies of Cascadia ISBN 0914516132 jiHymas@himivest.com 216.191.217.92 21:15, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pale fire

What is the pale fire of a plant that it feeds on?

Has someone put this in as some sort of reference Nabokov's novel?

or is a plae fire an actual part of a plant? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 82.40.208.159 (talk) 22:07, 8 May 2007 (UTC).