- Description
- Specifications
| ID Number: | PA01-0302 |
| Description: | Poplar Admiral (Limenitis populi) |
| Country or State: | Romania |
| Year: | 10.10.1960 |
| Face Value: | 20 Romanian ban |
| Series: | Butterflies and Moths |
| Subject/Theme: | Fauna |
| Designer: | Aida Tasgian |
| Perforation: | line 14 x 12¼ |
| Printing: | Typography |
| Emission: | 1,000,000 |
| Catalog Number: | Michel RO 1919 Stamp Number RO C90 Yvert et Tellier RO PA121 Stanley Gibbons RO 2783 AFA number RO 1918 Romfilatelia RO 505b |
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The poplar admiral (Limenitis populi) is a butterfly in the subfamily Limenitinae of the family Nymphalidae. Poplar admiral is widespread in continental Europe and across the Palearctic to Japan. The large, seldom-seen poplar admiral is one of the biggest butterflies in Europe. It is found in deciduous forests, where aspen (Populus tremula) or black poplar (Populus nigra) trees grow. This is because the caterpillar only eats the leaves of these species. At altitude, for instance in the Alps, where there are not large Populus forests, they accommodate with a grove, in the southeast of France they can be seen flying in large open spaces, for instance in the department of Alpes-Maritimes, as noted by Jacques Rigout. The males are easier to find. The females are rarer, because they tend to stay in the tops of the trees and seldom venture to the ground. |
