Knowing my inability to get theses things right for myself, I have actually stumbled upon what is said to be one of the easiest butterflies to identify. The White Admiral Butterfly has no similar look alike in Wisconsin so I am confident that this may indeed be the White Admiral (I hope, I hate being wrong ALL of the time). The White Admiral is a northern sub-species, a butterfly known as the Red Spotted Purple that is the same butterfly but a southern sub-species. Male and female are nearly identical in appearance, the exception being that the female is slightly larger than the male.The White Admiral is rather common in Central Wisconsin. The White Admirals will begin to show up again in early summer or perhaps late May. This butterfly lives along the edges of forests and roads or trails that are in the forests of Central Wisconsin, it is by no means exclusively a Wisconsin Butterfly, it is in fact fairly common throughout much of the eastern United States, and even as far north as Alaska and the Rockies (mountains) in the west . They are day-timers (diurnal) they are out and about from sunrise until sunset flying around, so if you are out walking keep your eyes open.
The White Admiral will find nourishment at sap flows on trees and bushes, and nectar from small white flowers, but they will also dine on decayed fruit, dead animals (carrion), or even dung. So keep your eye open for this butterfly to make his appearance in a few months.
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