---
title: "Basilarchia lorquini"
description: "Limenitis lorquini — Insecten en spinnen. Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/lorquin-s-admiral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Basilarchia lorquini

> Limenitis lorquini — Insecten en spinnen. Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily.

- Scientific name: *Limenitis lorquini*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25358
- Wikidata: [Q2533699](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2533699)
- iNaturalist taxon: [50880](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/50880)

## Names

- en: Lorquin's Admiral
- es: Mariposa almirante del oeste
- fr: Amiral de Lorquin
- nl: Basilarchia lorquini

## Countries with the most observations

US (18228), CA (6594), MX (48)

## Summary

Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis lorquini) is a butterfly in the Nymphalinae subfamily. The butterfly is named after Pierre Joseph Michel Lorquin, a French naturalist who came to California from France during the Gold Rush, and made important discoveries on the natural history of the terrain.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorquin%27s_admiral

## Photo

![Basilarchia lorquini](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lorquin-s-admiral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Mike Palmer · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/89842124

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lorquin-s-admiral?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).