First record of a Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta rubria (Fruhstorfer) in Trinidad, West Indies

Abstract

Midafternoon on 13 September 2024, A. Hosein photographed a butterfly on the ground on the Biche Otoire Road, Biche in Eastern Trinidad and submitted it to iNaturalist the following day (Hosein 2024). Here, its identification was confirmed by John Morrall, among others, as the Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta. As far as the authors can establish, this represents the first known record of this species for Trinidad.