Vanessa atalanta (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Red Admiral)

Interactions where Vanessa atalanta is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Voria ruralis a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Voria ruralis/Voria ruralisa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Vanessa atalanta/Vanessa atalantared admirallarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Bristol insect fauna: Diptera (part 5), Audcent, H., 1932
Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Phryxe nemea/Phryxe nemeaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Vanessa atalanta/Vanessa atalantared admirallarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva
larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Pales pavida a parasitoid fly Diptera: Tachinidae Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae), Belshaw, R., 1993
Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera), Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Tachinidae/Pales pavida/Pales pavidaa parasitoid flylarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoid /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Vanessa atalanta/Vanessa atalantared admirallarva larva is endoparasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Audcent, H., 1932Bristol insect fauna: Diptera (part 5)Proceedings of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society 7: 358-370.
Belshaw, R., 1993Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects, Vol 10, Part 4a(i), 169pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London
Ford, T.H. & Shaw, M.R., 1991Host records of some West Palaearctic Tachinidae (Diptera)Entomologist’s Record and journal of variation 103: 23-38.

Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesVanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)
GenusVanessa (red admirals and painted ladies)
TribeNymphalini (nymphalid butterflies)
SubfamilyNYMPHALINAE (nymphalid butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Blackburn, F. 2002 Red Admiral Vol 13, No. 3 Page: 204
Brereton, T., Roy, D., & Greatorex-Davies, N. 2006 Thirty Years and Counting - the contribution to conservation and ecology of butterfly-monitoring in the UK British Wildlife Vol 17, No. 3: 162-170.

Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Vanessa atalanta (Red Admiral):

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