Description Vanessa gonerilla gonerilla
English: NZ Red Admiral Butterfly in Wellington, New Zealand
Māori: Kahukura
Date 12 May 2007
Source Own work
Author Tony Wills
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NZ_Red_Admiral_(Vanessa_gonerilla)-2_edit.jpg

The New Zealand red admiral (Vanessa gonerilla) is a butterfly endemic to New Zealand. Its Māori name is kahukura, which means "red cloak". The red admiral is a member of the family Nymphalidae, the sub-family Nymphalinae and the tribe Nymphalini. There are two sub-species:V. g. gonerilla, which occurs on the mainland of New Zealand, and V. g. ida, which occurs on the Chatham Islands. Order: Lepidoptera, Family: Nymphalidae.