Mourning Cloak (Nymphalis antiopa)

Large, common butterfly with a long lifespan and one of the first butterflies which can be spotted in spring.

🇫🇷	Morio
🇩🇪	Trauermantel
🇲🇽	Nymphalis antiopa

Taxonomy

Order	Lepidoptera
Family	Nymphalidae

ID and Whereabouts

Easy identifiable with the brown-reddish wings a row of bluish spots on a dark band and a white band at the most posterior part of the wings.

I spotted this butterfly in almost all parks around Montreal usually when they are spreading their wings on the warmer ground of a path in spring.

Location	Spring	Summer	Autumn	Winter
Belvédère Outremont	x	-	-	-
Jardin Botanique de Montréal	x	-	-	-
Parc Angrignon	x	-	-	-
Parc Michel-Chartrand	x	-	-	-
Parc Nature Pointe aux Prairies	x	-	-	-
Parc de la Frayère	x	-	-	-

"x" indicates the species was observed, while "-" indicates no observation. Lack of observation doesn't necessarily imply that the species is absent. Data is derived from our park visit journals.

Characteristics

Length	3.8cm
Wingspan	10-12.5cm