---
title: "Yellow Admiral"
description: "Vanessa itea — Insetos e aranhas. The yellow admiral or Australian admiral (Vanessa itea) is a butterfly native to Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/yellow-admiral
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Yellow Admiral

> Vanessa itea — Insetos e aranhas. The yellow admiral or Australian admiral (Vanessa itea) is a butterfly native to Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Islands.

- Scientific name: *Vanessa itea*
- Category: `insects` (Insetos e aranhas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 12823
- Wikidata: [Q1935955](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1935955)
- iNaturalist taxon: [194762](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/194762)

## Names

- en: Yellow Admiral

## Countries with the most observations

AU (7725), NZ (4342), NF (5)

## Summary

The yellow admiral or Australian admiral (Vanessa itea) is a butterfly native to Australia, New Zealand, Lord Howe Island, and Norfolk Islands. The Māori name is kahukōwhai, which means "yellow cloak". The yellow admiral is a member of the family Nymphalidae, the subfamily Nymphalinae and the tribe Nymphalini.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_admiral

## Photo

![Yellow Admiral](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/yellow-admiral/medium.jpg)

Photo: Siobhan Leachman · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149344734

## Machine access

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